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"lt always is darkest before sunrise"

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Đợi mưa về...

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(Tặng Y.Q.)


Em đợi mưa về để tìm lại con đường ta đi dưới những cơn mưa bất chợt và ngắn ngủi. Chiếc ô màu tím ngày xưa vẫn còn vẹn nguyên như ký ức về anh trong em. Non hai năm rồi còn gì vậy mà em ngỡ chỉ mới ngày hôm qua.

Nơi ấy mù sương, nhiều nắng và … bụi. Mưa chỉ là người khách qua đường tình cờ ghé lại mang chút hơi lạnh và cả sự bất ngờ. Ta nán lại trong quán vắng ven đường để đợi mưa qua. Anh len lén nhìn vào mắt em chỉ thấy những giọt nước mưa trong veo lấp lánh và hình bóng của mỗi mình anh.

Em gọi anh là nắng, ấm áp và xa xôi. Anh gọi em là mưa, mát lành và tinh khiết. Giọt mưa em mỏng manh, giọt nắng anh dễ vỡ nên khi ta hoà vào nhau chỉ thấy hư không và ảo ảnh...

Em mặc kệ mình là mưa, anh không nhớ mình là nắng để ta được tay trong tay sánh bước bên nhau. Anh khẽ hát em nghe bài hát về loài hoa dại vươn mình trong nắng, em sẽ ngâm nga lời ca về những cánh đồng xanh khao khát đợi mưa về. Ta ru nhau bằng lời ca tình yêu để thời gian ngủ quên giây lát, để ta được có nhau thêm chút nữa.

Ta muốn bỏ mặc cả thế giới sau lưng vậy mà cả anh và em đều bất giác ngoảnh lại để thời gian thức giấc, vụt qua…

Ngày không có nắng. Ngày mưa chưa về. Ngày ta không còn nhau… Đi giữa những tháng ngày âm u, em thầm hỏi: “Có phải cầu vồng cũng là nắng và mưa?!”

In the storm

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Hue, October 2, 2007

It was around 5.20 p.m, Hanh- my colleague hurried home to avoid from being stuck in the storm and flood. Before leaving the office, she didn't forget to urge me to rush home as well.

“Ok, I’ll leave in 30 minutes…” I replied indifferently, eyes were still concentrating on the computer screen.

It rained like cat and dog outside and the wind started to blow harder. Looking outside, I got into a panic. Hurriedly shutting down the computer and locked the door, I then headed for home. When I arrived on Phan Chau Trinh Street, the water in the river nearly overflowed and risked to flood the streets along the river. Heavy rain and harsh wind kept beating at my face when I sped up to run away from them. I got soaked to the skin as the raincoat was not wide enough to shelter me from the rain. I trembled to the cold wind and wished that the way to my home had been shorter.

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A look

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In a strange city, she came across a man with a lonely look. It was a sunny morning. It’s hard to believe that sunlight and warmth was so abundant in this city, especially when you were in winter. His anguished smile nearly melt her heart away when he showed his hand toward her for a social handshake. She couldn’t remember how the handshake was, but never would she forget his look - so deep and sorrowful.

She started to take a special interest in him, or maybe his look. He was a silent man with small eyes - the eyes which were very common among Chinese, Korean or Japanese people. When she looked into his eyes, the pain which long slept in her heart stirred and tortured her badly. She was completely lost in his solitary look.

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My childhood teacher

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I’m sick. My sore throat and headache gets worse as the weather becomes hotter and more stuffy. It’s nothing special except that it reminds me of a man - my teacher from childhood.

Last weekend found me in a crowded marketplace although I still did not feel well. My mom was busy, which meant that I had to shop for lunch and dinner. At this local market, people sell everything, from a needle to an elephant. Piles of vegetable attracted me with their freshness. Among the cabbage, chilli-peppers, bananas, lettuce are some small eggs sleeping peacefully in a bamboo basket. Eggs... headache... heat... all reminded me of a span of my childhood.

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A hard time

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The good news came on a summer day while I was struggling with the penetrating heat at home. I was accepted to Hue College of Education. Of course, my mom and I were glad that many years of my hard studying bore fruit at last. However, the estimated fee that my mom had to pay for my studies turned the newly arrived happiness into worry.

Although my school fee was free of charge, my mom still found it hard to earn enough money for our living and for my books. Her small business became worse as more shops were growing in the neighborhood.

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