Two Poems and an Essay
Duong Nguyen (Vietnam)
(Translated from Vietnamese)
Begin a page with blue ink
Leaving a few lines for the future
Hope the color will never fade
For the memories are fresh forever
Summer comes, goodbye tomorrow, my friends
Looking at flowers falling makes me regret
Days I miss hanging out with friends
Together we went to our school
Listen to teachers say interesting things
And grinning when they sulked and scolded
These days have already passed
I don’t yet know the future ahead
Will we gather, or say farewell forever?
Hey my friend, are you feeling grief?
For me, I’ll always remember
Those beautiful memories months and years ago
I wish time would turn back
For us to be together forever
The first time I stepped in the land of the U.S., I thought that I would never know any friends. Maybe I would only learn English and go to work to earn money.
But that was a lack of imagination. I had lots of friends in a short time. More than that, they’re all good friends.
I feel very happy and lucky. I feel happy thinking about them. They treat me well. I hope I can spend the rest of my student life with them, studying, giggling as in the past.
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