Sea, mother and child - Poem by Ha Minh

ILLUSTRATION: TUAN ANH

- Let's get through this wave together, baby!

When I was a child I played jumping in the waves.

Gentle ocean waves, carefree ocean waves

Now is the invisible wave

The waves of the human world are the life of the dead

In the midst of the 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 undercurrent...

- 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 child's hand

Fingers in the sunlight.