Poetry Corner

 

Inspiration

 

(For Joan Marie Sutton)

 

I never thought I’d meet you,

At a wedding party on the hill.

Would I be happy and very kind?

Because you did give me a smile.

 

Hand in hand you said you liked me;

Eye to eye showed what it would be.

My loneliness had gone away.

Oh my dear! What did you say?

 

The short time I spent with you,

And for the first time I knew

I learned a lot about your world.

It made me feel I wasn’t alone.

 

Since I’ve been in this country,

Without relatives and my family.

I’m free as a dove;

Would you mind giving me your love?

 

My life was as sad as an empty house;

I felt like a horse living in a town;

I didn’t know what to I do —

No sign to go; no place to move.

 

I lie on my bed; eyes open wide.

An inspiration comes to my mind.

For the first time I’m thinking of you;

And for the first time, I tell you the truth.

 

(St. Louis, Sept. 10, 1978)

 

Vinh Liem

 

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