Biển Bắc

Episode Coffee In The Morning

 

Tug my soul under my
armpit I hold
the spreading warmth
of the cup of strong
coffee in the palms of
my hands while
I peer into
the life outside and still

Do not know where it
will go to
find those questions
which until now are still
left unanswered buried under the
debris of shattered
dreams then actively
pretending that we can build

Them again just like refilling
the coffee cup
is long emptied
and the chill says that
reality has awakened the piece
of soul slumbering
soundly under the
life’s armpit of this morning

 

Biển Bắc
(mid 6, zero 11)

From “Thúy Liên Khúc Ngoài – The Outer Bluish Medley”,
Văn Học Publisher (Ha Noi, Vietnam), 2012