Sabaydii,

 

Here is the continuation of a series ‘Coming home’ entitled ‘my last wish’

 

Hakphaang,

 

 

If you ever go to Muang Lao

For the first time in the long time

Or for the first time in your life

As this is your parent’s wish

To get you in touch with your root

 

Go there

With my spirit

See her through my eyes

Sad devastating eyes

 

Don’t settle with what meet your eyes

With what pleases your soul

Go beyond that

Touch it with your heart

And feel it with your gut

 

Muang Lao that you come to see

To be with

Lies in every shrunken line of the old face

In every broken limbs of the Buddha statues

And in every hole of the kids’ ragged clothes

 

Be ready

To trek to every corner of the land

To be swept in the natural beauty of the country

And to breathe in the sources of strength and wisdom

Handing down throughout the ages

 

So when you come back

You could truly say

I really go to Muang Lao

Be with her

And bring her with you

As if you never left

 

That’s you

That’s me

That’s Muang Lao

We are but one indestructible whole

 

10.3.03