REMINISCING FOR YOU MOTHER

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REMINISCING FOR YOU, MOTHER

YOUR CHILDREN, DEAR MOTHER 
BY A STROKE OF LUCK, A GOOD LEADER RECEIVED.
BUT ALAS, IN FOREIGN LANDS WITH NO ONE TO GUIDE US 
A FUTURE, SO BLEAK AND
UNCERTAIN, TO FACE. 

SHOWERED WITH MISERY
THE ATMOSPHERE SMOULDERING WITH EVIL
TO FEAR THE RULERS YOUR CHILDREN WERE MADE.
ALL CIVILIANS, THEY HATED. LIKE ENEMIES WERE TREATED.
HOW LONG...........HOW LONG............................................

"88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 .
THERE'S ONE DAY ON THE CALENDAR
JUNE 19
PRECELESS, SPECIAL, AUSPICIOUS.

TODAY, JUNE 19, FOR YOU IN RANGOON WITH RAIN A FALLING,
FOR US IN SYDNEY, WITH MIST ENCIRCLING,
CHICAGO, THEY SAY IS HOT AND STEAMING.
WEATHER PATTERNS, THOUGH A MANY,
YOUR CHILDREN ALL DO UNDERSTAND.

FOR DEMOCRACY YOU STAND, MOTHER
OUR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE MOTHER.......................

The original poem was written in Burmese and appeared in 1994, June issue of
Loka-Nat News Bulletin published by the All Young Burmese League Sydney. It
was translated into English by Ms I Pay................