Date seeds

The fact that we can’t take seeded dates
Outside the border of Palestine
And the poem I am writing
Have no connection

But planted somewhere
In the dates is silence
Has nothing to do with this poem
I was about to write the next sentence
But suddenly
The dates start to crack open
The eyes that were sleeping in the dark
Wake up and open wide
I don’t know if within those eyes
Is my little reflection

Try to write the next sentence
Not related to the date seeds
The Israeli soldiers at the Palestine border
Didn’t find any dates with seed
In my luggage or bags
But there is something they don’t know
The date seeds have silently planted
On the endless field of poetry words.


June 8th 2023

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"Vũ tâm son sắt giữa đất trời,
Phong sương mặc kệ, chí chẳng vơi.
Lĩnh cao một cõi hiên ngang đứng,
Soi rọi nghìn năm đất muôn nơi."