1am

“1h rồi, Thanh ngủ đi”

– it’s 1am, go to sleep Thanh.

sometimes a simple sentence

can give you all the emotions at once

it makes your body melt,

scatter around in pieces

waiting to be put together again.

when your emotional train has left the station

and the depressive thoughts came crushing down

like hail, like firestorms,

the only thing that held you by the collar

is her half awake voice, telling you that

after the tsunami, the trees learn to stand taller

the roots grow stronger and when you finally

open your eyes, you will see, it’s a beautiful life

that is worth living after all.

t.l.