Author Trinh Bich Ngan remembers her deceased mother, but it seems that her mother is still alive thanks to the invisible wave of blood love connecting the two worlds of life and death: Even though parents/ are on the other side of the sky/ separated/ the waves of life and death/ still beat rhythmically/ with love. Author Le Thieu Nhon remembers his mother as the door of a house that never closes to wait for her child to return, the warmest and safest place: That door withstands all the uncertainties/ Because it has a mother's heart as the final barrier.
The seventh lunar month of each year is also the Vu Lan season for children to show their gratitude. SGGP newspaper introduces the poem " Waves of Yin and Yang " by author Trinh Bich Ngan and "The Door That Doesn't Close " by Le Thieu Nhon.
Yin and Yang Waves
First Birthday
no mother in the world
I am alone
sit and cry
***
Drop drop
orphaned
quietly
heart wrenching
***
In front of me
steaming cup of cappuccino
sedum flower blooming
Xuan Huong Lake's surface is breathing
church in the cold fog bells
***
Life span
and age
sea waves
bustling dawn
rolling sunset
***
Even though parents
the other side of the sky
distance
yin and yang waves
still beating
love
By Xuan Huong Lake, August 11, 2025
TRINH BICH NGAN
The door is not closed
I return to that door
Through many stormy seasons the wind goes away
The door is never closed
Like a mother's heart opens every day
***
I keep dreaming of the shores
When life bullies you
Back behind that door
***
And I slept soundly.
And I dream so peacefully
That door protects against all misfortunes and uncertainties.
Because there is a mother's heart as the final barrier.
LE THIEU NHON
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/mua-vu-lan-nho-me-post809891.html
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