UNHAPPY LIFE OF A STUDENT
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The below story is about a girl, you know
Worthy for the youthful age to follow
Success is not just a dream, no action
Or is it only your dreamy affection?
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Orphaned dad after her mom gave birth, soon
When growing up, she couldn’t go to school
She had to support herself to make a living
Her sick mother, she was also supporting
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Overcoming suffering and guilt, she never blamed
Her orphan destiny or any scenes all the same
She both worked and studied with passions
She was trying to complete life’s ambitions
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After many days of hard work, later soon
She was still determined to go to school
Achievements from learning to advance
Partially satisfied with her perseverance
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No one taught her how to success
She had made up her mind indeed
Now she was a college student, you see
In the fourth year of medical university
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Hearing a good example I went to find her
To know more about her life as people rumor
The so old hut of gratitude was her house
A bed put at the house center, you know
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Scraps were scattered all over the place
Aluminium cans, plastic bottles, nylon bags
Cardboard, shredded paper, torn clothes
Piles of glass bottles around a dark house
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On the yard, scraps have lied every corner
Masses of metal, glass, broken furniture
It was like a small barn of a buyer
A woman stood with a slim figure
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Greeting the woman, I talked about my visiting
She was very happy to know my volunteering
She called her girl who was doing laundry
Her girl was very glad to go and meet me
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“Dear Miss, thank you for your visiting
Asking me about my poor family living
So sorry, I hope you forgive me willingly
Come in, I tell you about my life, please”
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In the early winter, the freezing cold wind
I looked at her family more or less I sighed
I feel mercy for their living situation
They live in poverty with all affection
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The girl had a small slender body
With her brown skin, dark slightly
It was still hidden in her eyes the sadness
She introduced her name, she was excited
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“My name is Thao, from my youthful age
Orphaned, I didn’t know my dad indeed
My dad lost while I was in my mom’s womb
Many unfortunate days passed in random
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Surrounded my child’s life, my mom’s scene too
Many Tet holidays have passed? That was true
With frugal meals for passing the days
Memories of years were hard to erase
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I saw her mom was always silent here
To listen to her girl say, she shed tears
Growing up, she knew no father, actually
Understood, she settled down her destiny
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Since then sadness persisted constantly
It kept chasing to cause family poverty
Life still lacked food with a sick mother
My mom has wanted to sacrifice ever
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I am still so young she thinks again
If she dies no one solves the remain
She has to try to live in vain actually
Where is money to cure her disease?
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She has both lung disease, also spinal pain
To escape the hard burden I have to gain
Though I’m young, I try to be a good doer
As a hired worker instead of my mother
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Although her health is getting worse
But she still helps me to do whatever
She collects scraps around near areas
To take part in daily living expenditure”
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I asked: “Was there anyone to help your study
You dare take an exam at the medical university
“Dear Miss, first I thought about my mother
My knowledge will help me save my mother
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I must help others after I’ll escape poverty
They have no suffering as my life, you see
Many difficulties are daily meals as ever
There is also a thing that is often scarier
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To make people misery is a disease
It begins first from a lack of priority
A life is lacked capital, two hands empty
Lacked profession, it will be hard to fully
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Although such a difficult situation
I determine to pursue a profession
It’s good to hope my graduation truly
Helping life is also helping my family.
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From those thoughts being always right
I both work and learn at the same time
I have a calm heart in a simple life as ever
Graduated baccalaureate with superior
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A full scholarship I was obtained truly
Seven years I go to a medical university
I wish a good skill and medical ethics
Well deserved for the contest indeed
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I’ll continue the path I have chosen
Troubles and sufferings will be faden”
“Now the fifth year is coming near
What do you prepare for next year?
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“Dear Miss, I know a lot of worries
I still wait with determination really
I will make this dream come true
My heart is filled with a fun clue”
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“On graduation day you are a doctor
For your life, whatever is more honor
From a miserable family, you endure
I wish you to advance, I trust insure
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Visiting you, I have some gifts available
To praise you’ve done a nice example
Today’s youthful age should learn
To create fame due to resilience”
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“I thank you for your compassion generosity
For future, you motivate and encourage me
I always strive for my dream to accomplish
I will never disappoint you with this wish.”
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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The true story about a woman
She lived with domestic violence
She was still silent in eight bitter years
The ending is so good for you to hear
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Millions of people live so every year
In this world, they have to suffer
In the prison of violence, you know
In a family with regrets and sorrows
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Is it possible not to shed tears?
I feel sorry for a girl of fifteen years
Marrying too early is immature
Silently to endure for eight years
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Here below are the lines to confide
Her fate being born a matron life
At the age of twenty-eight years, she must
Spend two marriage it was painful as such
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“After divorcing my ex-husband, so
I lived alone with my girl, you know
She was too young I took care of her
I must work to nourish my daughter
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I was still optimistic and positive
I believe in myself, never negative
I thought good things will be coming
I don’t think my life was depressing
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I met another man at a wedding
I first met him, I wasn’t expecting
He was my old friend, now elegant
I didn’t like him before, this man
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I didn’t like him at all but at the chance
Though I didn’t really care about this man
Both parents knew each other before
For a long time I didn’t see him, oh, Lord
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He invited me to his birthday party
That day full of old friends, you see
Maybe I was the only woman
He loved, adored, and concerned
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Probably subjective I thought so as ever
He fast created for me an atmosphere
Very intimate moments, you see
I felt extremely warm inside me
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I felt as I was protected, you know
No woman who did not want so
Having such a delicate man indeed
To share sadness and happiness
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Then the two of us moved resident place
To live together, marriage was taken place
I gave birth to another son with a hope
I hoped this time would be full of love
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I didn’t expect what was happening
At first, he required my answering
Whenever I went to the market
My daily work to get out indeed
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I prepared to go somewhere truly
To meet friends, he was in jealousy
He loved so much that he went blind
Angry like a madman I could find
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I sympathized with him for his temper
I was always patient to let it go as ever
Unexpectedly, he was getting worse
Our family life hadn’t any pleasure
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There was no good reason, you see
Naturally, he always suspected me
He tried to do shopping but sometimes
He let my children starve he didn’t mind
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Wasn’t he the one who lost his mind?
Anyway, it would have to take time
If he was really mentally ill, I was waiting
I couldn’t blame him, needing healing
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Luckily, I had help in the neighborhood
The supporter lent me money to buy food
Time gradually passed over, I couldn’t bear
Debt piled up, I had to go to work than ever
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He started to use his force as his blows
To keep me in detention, not let me go
To beat on my chest or press down me
With a knife to threaten, he slapped me
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He humiliated me as a matron
This thing hurt me, pain went on
I protected family to avoid breaking
Because of children, I was thinking
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Neighbors advised me to quit him
Not to continue to stay with him
I remembered another contrary advice
So I didn’t dare to leave my present life
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Then I bound myself too as ever
Hesitation lasted for eight years
A so painful thing was my son’s witness
He learned his dad’s force more or less
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Not only he was more difficult to teach
But he was impolite with adults indeed
I asked Women Union for advice, you see
A right away divorce they advised me
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The reason was also many cases
They advised keeping the family
This was eight years of injustice enough
I must get a divorce, quit rightless love
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Her require finally reached the court
Some documents needed to add more
About the abuse, it was as evidence
To denote silly stupid man violence
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As for me, I also found myself stupid
To withstand so many blows indeed
Not brave enough to see the truth ever
To make a decision, sooner was better
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Asian women often care to appear
Fear to expose the back for viewers
Also according to feudal customs
To endure violence so tiresome
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Men and women equality is liberated
You must know what and how to treat
To keep happiness without slavery
Domestic violence can’t be agreed
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Copyright@ Nguyen Chinh
