Like Night Missing Day
By Phan Tan Hai
Waiting for you, my eyes on mist and smoke—
once I stood beneath the eaves;
even the late-night lampposts asked
whether I had fallen in love with you.
One morning, one evening of longing,
ten days, a hundred moments, a thousand nights;
a bird crying in the wind-swept sky
carrying again my words: I love you.
There was a time I sat like a stone statue,
hair and beard growing into a forest;
did you see me in the leaves—
missing you like night misses day.
Meeting again, tears filled that time;
why ask about the white clouds of home;
weary from wandering through the years,
I guided you across the long miles.
Loving each other through a time of breaking,
why remember the spring rains and sun;
my verses tangled with memory,
loving you through every cold season of distance.
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