Sea, Mother and Child - Poem by Ha Minh

ILLUSTRATION: TUAN ANH

- Let's get through this together, baby!

As a child playing jumping waves

Gentle ocean waves, carefree ocean waves

Now is the invisible wave

The waves of the human world are the torment of life

In the turbulent waves

One more time my child please understand

Not all games are fun

Not all joys are as easy as picking up sea snails.

Tears carry the ocean

Sometimes it's just you in the undertow...

- We will overcome this wave together, my child!

Even though mother is fragile and small

Like a boat seen from a distant island...

Mom has a blue sky with painted clouds

Birds, mountains, rivers, hearts...

Have a smile for your child from childhood

White waves spread out…

Mother holding her child's hand

Fingers in the sunlight.