My Poems

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Beautiful Tai

My beloved Merng Tai,
Countless teardrops you have shed,
When will your troubles end I wonder?

Beautiful Merng Tai,
Such vivid memories I have of you,
Nowhere on this earth can compare
To you

Your clean cool air,
Your quiet dignity
Your green hills
Your morning mists
Your gentle streams
The sound of cicadas
In the evenings

Everything was so perfect
So pure and still
All this and more
Was it just a dream?

The smell of wood smoke
The smell of pine trees
The smell of red earth
The smell of the market

Oh Merng Tai
How I miss you…

Oh Tai people,
You took care of your homes
Of your children and elders
Your livestock and land
Trying to get by
With barely enough food or clothing

It breaks my heart to see you this way
What little you had
Even your homeland
Has been taken away

You were carefree
Now you are left with only fear
Forced to be what you are not
Forced to do work unfit for animals

Your daughters and wives raped
And ravaged by barbaric soldiers
Your brothers and husbands jailed, tortured and killed

You can now trust no one
And wariness of others
Make you tired and weak
Will you ever get over what they have done to you?

I look forward to the day you will be
Once again beautiful and at peace
With no fear or worries
With enough food to eat
Strong and safe once again

No more tears
No more anger
No more heartache
Happy again and forever more

 

 

Feraya

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