
what is soft
like the sound of silence
wistfully thinking
you were mine
to be kind
I don’t mind
if you kiss her
what is better
to be eager
or to be meagre
in loving you
since in my heart
you are love
divine
Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the blogger, poet, and translator, was born in 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.