WITH A LANTERN OF HOPE
Drifted in by tidal waves
with hugs of attachment
on the shore of the North Sea
a poem from Burma washed up.
No sun, no moon, can be seen
on the Norwegian beach.
Wearing the robe of mist
going up the Scandinavian mountain
with a shaken, broken voice
singing a home-sick song.
Someday
I will surely arrive at some point.
Though our homeland is under darkness
it will be short-lived.
Soon in the sky
dull darkness will clear,
a brightly coloured dawn
will arrive.
A journey of ten years
as short as a snap of the fingers.
A poem
will pack treasure
enter the village gate
greet 'hello'
a chance to hug the public.
But now . . . atop a snow-covered mountain
while hoping for the light
singing homesick songs
lighting up a lantern of hope,
to keep singing of what I miss.