WE CAME UP TO THE CREST OF A HIGH MOUNT 

TO HEAR THE WIND HURLING FROM AN ENDLESS FOUNT, 

TO SEE FEROCIOUS CLOUDS BURNING IN BLOWS 

AND THE SEA OUTRAGING WITH ITS BILLOWS. 

WE CAME DOWN TO A PEACEFUL GREEN VALLEY 

TO ENJOY FLOWERS BLOOMING ON ITS ALLEY, 

TO LISTEN BIRDS CHIPPING JOY IN THE FOLLIAGE, 

AND THE STREAM MURMURING LOVE ALONG THE PASSAGE. 

COMING BACK TO CITIES AND CAPITALS OF LIGHTS 

WE WITNESS SKYCRAPERS TALKING DESTRUCTIVE FLIGHTS, 

POLITICIANS DISCUSSING WAR AND ECONOMY WITH RAGES, 

WHILE EMPLOYEES WORRYING WITH THEIR BILLS AND WAGES. 

WE STILL ARE IN UPS AD DOWNS OF OUR LIVES, 

BUT, WHEN WE ARE ON THE PEAK OF OUR DRIVES 

WE WOULD NOT DEFY THE SEAMY SIDE OF LIFE, 

WHICH IS SHARP LIKE A DOUBLE-BLADED KNIFE. 

KEEP A PURE HEART AND A WEARY SIGHT ON REALITY 

WHICH IS THE MAIN CONCERN OF OUR FAMILY, 

THE SOLID CERTAINTY OF THE NATURE’S MYSTERY, 

AND THE FOUNDATION OF OUR HEALTHY SOCIETY. 

BUT, IT IS SPOILED BY SECRET MOTIONS OF MONEY 

THAT MADE US SHEDDING TEARS THAN TASTING HONEY… 

VAN NGUYEN DUONG 

SPRING 2002 

Love And Reality.

 

~~~ Văn Nguyên Dưỡng ~~~