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Nh\u1eefng v\u00ec sao<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \nH\u00e3y nh\u00ecn l\u00ean b\u1ea7u tr\u1eddi m\u1ed9t \u0111\u00eam \u0111en. N\u01a1i \u0111\u00f3, nh\u1eefng v\u00ec sao l\u1ea5p l\u00e1nh, v\u00f4 v\u00e0n v\u00f4 s\u1ed1. Ta \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c bi\u1ebft ch\u00fang \u0111\u00e3 hi\u1ec7n h\u1eefu r\u1ea5t l\u00e2u tr\u01b0\u1edbc khi ta \u0111i v\u00e0o th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi. V\u00e0 v\u1eabn \u1edf \u0111\u00f3 khi ta t\u1eeb l\u00e2u \u0111\u00e3 ra \u0111i. \u00c1nh s\u00e1ng c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang truy\u1ec1n qua nh\u1eefng kho\u1ea3ng c\u00e1ch m\u00e0 t\u00e2m tr\u00ed ta kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 h\u00ecnh dung. Ch\u00fang c\u00f3 nhi\u1ec1u h\u01a1n h\u1ea1t c\u00e1t trong t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 c\u00e1c \u0111\u1ea1i d\u01b0\u01a1ng, \u0111i\u1ec1u n\u00e0y ta c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 h\u00ecnh dung \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c n\u1ebfu \u0111\u00e3 may m\u1eafn m\u1ed9t l\u1ea7n ng\u1ed3i tr\u00ean b\u00e3i bi\u1ec3n, x\u00fac c\u00e1t m\u1ecbn v\u00e0 nh\u00ecn ch\u00fang r\u01a1i qua k\u1ebd tay ta.<\/p>\n T\u00f4i m\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea3y tu\u1ed5i khi l\u1ea7n \u0111\u1ea7u ti\u00ean so m\u00ecnh v\u1edbi v\u0169 tr\u1ee5. Ba ng\u01b0\u1eddi ch\u00fang t\u00f4i, t\u00f4i, em trai v\u00e0 em g\u00e1i, \u0111ang \u0111\u1ee9ng tr\u00ean ban c\u00f4ng ng\u00f4i nh\u00e0 hai t\u1ea7ng c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang t\u00f4i, nh\u00ecn l\u00ean b\u1ea7u tr\u1eddi m\u00e0 b\u00e2y gi\u1edd t\u00f4i kh\u00f4ng nh\u1edb \u0111\u1ec3 l\u00e0m g\u00ec. Ch\u00fang t\u00f4i kh\u00f4ng th\u1ea5y nh\u1eefng v\u00ec sao r\u00f5 nh\u01b0 ch\u00fang t\u00f4i mong mu\u1ed1n. T\u01b0\u1edfng t\u01b0\u1ee3ng m\u1ed9t con ng\u00f5, h\u1eb9p nh\u01b0 con ng\u00f5 M\u1ef9 \u0111i\u1ec3n h\u00ecnh, v\u1edbi nh\u1eefng ng\u00f4i nh\u00e0 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c x\u00e2y \u1edf c\u1ea3 hai b\u00ean. C\u00f3 nh\u1eefng h\u00e0ng c\u1ed9t \u0111\u00e8n b\u1eb1ng g\u1ed7, d\u00e2y \u0111i\u1ec7n ch\u1ea1y t\u1eeb c\u1ed9t n\u00e0y sang c\u1ed9t kh\u00e1c, t\u1eeb c\u1ed9t \u0111i\u1ec7n \u0111\u1ebfn c\u00e1c ng\u00f4i nh\u00e0. M\u1ed9t m\u1ea1ng l\u01b0\u1edbi l\u1ed9n x\u1ed9n \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c d\u1ec7t b\u1edfi m\u1ed9t con nh\u1ec7n kh\u00f4ng h\u1ec1 c\u00f3 \u00fd th\u1ee9c \u0111\u1ea1o \u0111\u1ee9c hay ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt.<\/p>\n V\u00e0 nh\u1eefng v\u00ec sao, ch\u00fang nh\u00ecn xu\u1ed1ng ch\u00fang t\u00f4i, th\u1edd \u01a1. Ch\u00fang n\u00e0o quan t\u00e2m n\u1ebfu m\u1ed9t m\u1ea1ng nh\u1ec7n ch\u1eb3ng ra chi ng\u0103n \u00e1nh s\u00e1ng c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang \u0111\u1ebfn v\u1edbi \u0111\u00f4i m\u1eaft c\u1ee7a nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi th\u01b0\u1edfng ngo\u1ea1n ch\u1eb3ng ra chi. Ch\u00fang bi\u1ebft ch\u00fang s\u1ebd c\u00f2n t\u1ecfa s\u00e1ng. Khi nh\u1eefng c\u00f4 g\u00e1i v\u00e0 c\u1eadu trai n\u00e0y l\u1edbn l\u00ean, ki\u1ebfm vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m, k\u1ebft h\u00f4n, sinh con, mua nh\u00e0, \u0111i ngh\u1ec9 m\u00e1t, \u0111\u1ec3 r\u1ed3i sau \u0111\u00f3 vi\u1ec7n d\u01b0\u1ee1ng l\u00e3o. Sau \u0111\u00f3 v\u00e0o m\u1ed3. Sau \u0111\u00f3 v\u00e0o c\u00e1t b\u1ee5i.<\/p>\n M\u1ed9t n\u1eeda d\u1ea5u ch\u1ea5m l\u1eadp lo\u00e8 tr\u00ean m\u1ed9t \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng v\u00f4 t\u1eadn, d\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 \u0111\u00f3 l\u00e0 s\u1ed1 ph\u1eadn c\u1ee7a con ng\u01b0\u1eddi.. Nh\u01b0ng ta s\u1ebd kh\u00f4ng ng\u1eebng c\u1ed1 g\u1eafng in d\u1ea5u \u1ea5n c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh tr\u00ean th\u1eddi gian tr\u00f4i ch\u1ea3y. \u0110\u00f3 l\u00e0 g\u00e1nh n\u1eb7ng c\u1ee7a nh\u00e2n lo\u1ea1i. M\u1ed9t g\u00e1nh n\u1eb7ng kh\u00e1 cao v\u1eddi, ngh\u0129 cho c\u00f9ng.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nh\u00e0 th\u01a1<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \nG\u1ea7n \u0111\u00e2y, ng\u1eafm nh\u00ecn s\u01b0\u01a1ng mai tr\u00ean c\u00e2y x\u01b0\u01a1ng r\u1ed3ng bay h\u01a1i l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t ph\u1ea7n trong nghi th\u1ee9c bu\u1ed5i s\u00e1ng c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i*<\/sup> h\u00e3y nh\u00ecn c\u00e2y x\u01b0\u01a1ng r\u1ed3ng <\/p>\n C\u00e2y x\u01b0\u01a1ng r\u1ed3ng<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \nnh\u00e2n lo\u1ea1i l\u00e0 tuy\u1ec7t t\u00e1c c\u1ee7a m\u1ed9t ngh\u1ec7 s\u0129 \u0111i\u00ean r\u1ed3 nh\u1ea5t nh\u00e0 th\u01a1 tin r\u1eb1ng \u0111au kh\u1ed5 l\u00e0 \u0111\u1eb7c t\u00ednh c\u1ee7a con ng\u01b0\u1eddi <\/p>\n (*) \u00dd c\u1ee7a Ngu Y\u00ean<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The stars<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \nOn a dark night, look at the sky. Up there, stars are twinkling, innumerable, myriad. You\u2019re told they existed long before you came into this world. And will be there after you\u2019ve long gone. Their brightness travels a distance your mind can\u2019t visualize. There\u2019re more of them than grains of sand in all the oceans, this you might be able to visualize if you\u2019re fortunate enough to have once sat on a beach, scooped fine sand with your hands and let it through your fingers sift. <\/p>\n I was seventeen when I first stacked myself up against the universe. The three of us, me, my brother and my sister, were standing on the balcony of our two storied house, looking up at the sky for no reason I could think of now. Not that we could see them the way we\u2019d like to. Just imagine a lane, as narrow as your typical American alley, with houses built on both sides of it. There were rows of wooden lamp poles, wires ran from pole to pole, from pole to houses. A messy web weaved by a spider with no work ethics or artistic sense. <\/p>\n And the stars, they looked down at us, indifferent. Did they care if a pathetic web prevented their light from fully reaching the eyes of a few pathetic viewers? No, they knew they\u2019d still shine. When these young girls and boy grow up, get a job, get married, have kids, buy a home, go on vacation, then to a nursing home. Then to a grave. Then to dust.<\/p>\n A flickering half dot in an infinite line, that seems to be our destiny. But we\u2019ll never stop trying to have our existence imprinted on fluid time. That\u2019s the burden of humanity. 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\n\u0111\u00f3 l\u00e0 n\u01a1i nh\u1eefng con b\u01b0\u1edbm quay tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i c\u1ed9i ngu\u1ed3n c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang
\ngi\u1ecdt s\u01b0\u01a1ng, \u0111\u1ebfn t\u1eeb h\u01b0 kh\u00f4ng, s\u1ebd tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i h\u01b0 kh\u00f4ng
\ns\u1ef1 k\u1ebft th\u00fac, s\u1ef1 ch\u1ea5m d\u1ee9t, s\u1ef1 t\u1ea1m d\u1eebng v\u0129nh vi\u1ec5n, m\u1ed9t h\u1ed1 s\u00e2u \u0111\u1ea7y mu\u00f4n v\u1eadt v\u00e0 b\u00f3ng t\u1ed1i
\nlinh h\u1ed3n tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i tr\u1ea1ng th\u00e1i ban \u0111\u1ea7u, c\u00e1c nguy\u00ean t\u1eed du h\u00e0nh kh\u00f4ng t\u00ean tu\u1ed5i
\nc\u00e2y x\u01b0\u01a1ng r\u1ed3ng
\n\u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c tha bao nhi\u00eau \u0111\u1edbn \u0111au m\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng h\u1ec1 bi\u1ebft:
\n\u0111\u1eb7t c\u00e2u h\u1ecfi v\u00e0 ng\u1edd v\u1ef1c c\u00e2u tr\u1ea3 l\u1eddi, \u0111\u1ebfn kh\u00f4ng chu\u1ea9n b\u1ecb v\u00e0 ra \u0111i ph\u00e1 s\u1ea3n. kh\u1edfi h\u00e0nh kh\u00f4ng \u0111i\u1ec3m t\u1edbi
\ntuy\u1ec7t v\u1ecdng, bu\u1ed3n r\u1ea7u
\nn\u1ed7i \u0111au v\u1eeba c\u1ea1n v\u1eeba s\u00e2u. ch\u00f4n d\u01b0\u1edbi \u0111\u00e1y v\u00e0 m\u1ed9t ni\u1ec1m vui tho\u00e1ng qua c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 tr\u1ed3i l\u00ean m\u1eb7t<\/p>\n
\nn\u00f3 \u0111ang gi\u01b0\u01a1ng gai nh\u1ecdn
\n\u0111\u00f3 l\u00e0 c\u00e1ch x\u01b0\u01a1ng r\u1ed3ng nh\u1ed5 v\u00e0o m\u1eb7t ch\u00fang ta
\nng\u1ed3i tr\u00ean b\u1ec7 c\u1eeda s\u1ed5 c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i t\u1eeb l\u00fac m\u1edbi sinh ra
\nch\u1ee9ng ki\u1ebfn r\u1ea5t nhi\u1ec1u
\nv\u1eabn kh\u00f4ng nh\u00ecn th\u1ea5y n\u01b0\u1edbc b\u1ed1c h\u01a1i, th\u1ea5y nh\u1eefng g\u00ec m\u1ed9t gi\u1ecdt s\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0111em \u0111\u1ebfn<\/p>\n
\nsinh v\u1eadt v\u1edbi m\u1ed9t ch\u1ed7 th\u1eadt khi\u00eam t\u1ed1n trong kh\u00f4ng gian v\u00e0 c\u1ed1 s\u1ee9c \u0111i xa
\nt\u1ef1 tin v\u00e0 quy\u1ebft \u0111\u1ecbnh m\u1ed9t th\u01b0\u1ee3ng \u0111\u1ebf l\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ee7. ca ng\u1ee3i thi\u00ean nhi\u00ean v\u00e0 giam h\u00e3m ch\u00ednh m\u00ecnh
\nn\u00f3i v\u1ec1 t\u1ef1 do v\u00e0 n\u00f4 l\u1ec7 cho \u01b0\u1edbc m\u01a1, mong mu\u1ed1n
\n\u0111\u1ea7y d\u1ee5c v\u1ecdng th\u00fa t\u00ednh v\u00e0 t\u01b0 t\u01b0\u1edfng th\u00e1nh thi\u1ec7n
\ntranh chi\u1ebfn v\u1edbi b\u1ea3n th\u00e2n v\u00e0 t\u00ecm ki\u1ebfm h\u00f2a b\u00ecnh
\nqu\u00e1 v\u1ecb k\u1ef7 \u0111\u1ec3 th\u1ea5y s\u1ef1 \u0111\u1edbn \u0111au
\n\u1edf kh\u1eafp n\u01a1i. l\u00e0 \u0111\u1eb7c tr\u01b0ng c\u1ee7a th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi
\nv\u1edbi ch\u00fang t\u00f4i, m\u1ed7i c\u00e1i gai, m\u1ed9t v\u1ebft th\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0111\u1ea9y ra nh\u01b0ng kh\u00f4ng bu\u00f4ng b\u1ecf
\nb\u00ean ngo\u00e0i nh\u01b0 s\u1eb5n s\u00e0ng g\u00e2y th\u01b0\u01a1ng t\u1ed5n, ch\u00fang t\u00f4i \u0111ang c\u1ed1 g\u1eafng b\u1ea3o v\u1ec7 ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m m\u1ea1i b\u00ean trong <\/p>\n
\ntin ch\u00fang t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ef1 g\u00e2y ra th\u01b0\u01a1ng t\u00edch cho ch\u00ednh m\u00ecnh trong n\u1ed7 l\u1ef1c tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh h\u00ecnh \u1ea3nh h\u1ecd
\nnh\u01b0ng t\u00f4i th\u00e0 l\u00e0 c\u00e2y x\u01b0\u01a1ng r\u1ed3ng b\u00e9 nh\u1ecf
\nt\u00f4i bi\u1ebft con ng\u01b0\u1eddi t\u1ef1 h\u00e0nh h\u1ea1 h\u1ecd ra sao<\/p>\nDew on a cactus<\/h2>\n
\ndrops of dew, came from nowhere, will be nowhere
\nthe end, the period, the eternal pause, a black hole full of all things and darkness
\na soul returns to its original state, atoms traveling incognito
\nthe cactus
\nit\u2019s been spared of all and doesn\u2019t know
\nasking questions and distrusting answers. coming unprepared and leaving bankrupt. departing without a destination
\nthe sadness, the despair
\na pain both deep and shallow. buried at the bottom and a fleeting moment of joy could overturn it<\/p>\n
\nit\u2019s raising its thorns
\nthat\u2019s how cacti spit in your face
\nsitting on my window sill since birth
\nwitnessing much
\nit still can\u2019t see water evaporate and what a dewdrop could do<\/p>\n
\na species so humbled by its space and tries to travel far
\nconfident and decided one god wasn\u2019t enough, praises nature
\nand stays in confinement. talks of freedom and slaves to dreams and wants
\nfilled with animal lust and sanctimonious thoughts
\nat war with self and aims for world peace
\ntoo egocentric to see pain
\nubiquitous. characteristic of this world
\nfor us
\neach thorn, a pain pushed out but not let go
\nby projecting the ready-to hurt outside, we\u2019re trying to protect the inside soft<\/p>\n
\nbelieves our pain was just an effort to fit into certain image
\nbut I\u2019m only a cactus.
\nnot the one that\u2019s good at self torturing<\/p>\n