pain is a metamorphosis


Please read the amazing poetry.

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A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Photography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

1.

don’t tell me

women are blind

there is beauty in the dark

poetry is death

pain is a metamorphosis

a bloody cleansing

don’t take away

my power

2.

the maddening

incredible

exhilaration

3.

Why won’t you write?

since the only thing listening to you right now is the screen

in front of you

4.

love is a bitter reality

relax

just add more sugar

5.

the present is nothing but

yesterday is nothing but gone

and tomorrow

she will be divide up what is now

6.

if only you could see your reflection in the mirror

you’ll understand

why I’m so disappointed

7.

the past

what is gone

don’t hold on so tightly

let it fall through your fingers

(like me)

you can’t turn back

you can’t change anything

don’t be…

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