Sy Redemption

I sit alone at the table eyeing the empty seat. “Shouldn’t he be here already? There is nothing else to do.” A ripple of energy runs through my thigh, bouncing my knee in anticipation. The steady rate of my heart vibrates in tune with jitters flogging my mind. What is one to do or to…

Share with me one more chance. I just want you. Have a conversation, with a final, last goodbye, About anything and everything you now know. Realizing how much I dream of this moment, Only makes me understand how I miss you. Never did this pain get easier or go away. Before I have another nightmare…

Okay then what do we do? What is the first step to take? That’s the question I asked you. For the progress you want me to make. You said we have to try, Trial and error to figure it out, But you don’t understand that I Can’t try without knowing what about. What’s the first…

I remember a fact, signed in a pact, In which all the world said “Time to pack and don’t come back Until they are all dead.” A story of war, one we’ve heard before, Where we believed we were right. But the vitality in the reality, Saw nothing more than a bloody night. For what…

 Inspired by the novel “The Best We Could Do” by Thi Bui We stand alone, Our hearts cold.  Brought together To be torn apart. Absent of normalcy Our family built on the blood Of the lives around us Starving and poor Under the weight of communism. There is no freedom Where there is no hope…