Cin-digi Journal

 The world has abandoned me now When will it be your turn  To burn our memories And throw my ashes in the clouds? Tell me, baby Did it hurt when you woke up that morning And I was nowhere to be seen? Because it sure killed me When I relapsed thinking of you I can't stay clean for long. No, my skin can't stay untouched for long No, not when you're still here Here, among all the things I love, but utterly fear. One night, lying in our bed With you by my side I couldn't rest So I turned to face the moonlight And cried instead. Tell me, baby Did it hurt when you woke up that morning And I was nowhere to be seen? You promised to give me the world Yet now I'm reminiscing Wondering if I was ever worth it at all. You know you're an addiction It hurts to keep feeding But I can't quit cutting. One day, you keep me from dying The others... reek of desperation. I hide razor blades in my vanity But hoped that you'd find and take them away from me But no, you saw the ...

"Hết kháng chiến nếu con còn chưa về Mẹ ơi, vui lên, mẹ có đứa con anh hùng."           Nineteen seventy-two Twelve nights I still remember One hell of a capital. Linebacker number two Winter I still remember The way our capital burned up fire and bombs after bombs and fire A feverish nightmare.      I don't want to remember The decrepit ruins, the collapsed buildings    homes, and schools, libraries, and hospitals Toddlers who died in bomb shelters.  I don't want to remember  The way my beloved went up in flame How Hà Nội, oh, our dear Hà Nội B fifty-two, we were their first aim.       For twelve nights, the bombing did not stop Even after we have shot down their flying metal fortress Even after we have lost limbs Fighting the beast with our bare hands.  Shredded, our lungs Evacuated, families Sacrificed, the pionniers  Us, never-returning sons and daughters.       ...