PFAC Palawan Pictures from Hien and Dave Chu

PFAC Palawan Pictures

Long Live, My Refugee Friends!

This picture was taken the day Hien left the refugee center in Palawan.

 

PALAWAN

It was a great memory of a first love

of some sort

Life was simple as the ocean breeze

Sipping a coke

and hanging out with friends

were all I cared

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Summer here seemed to be longer

than any other place on earth

The island was our playground

The sand was pristine,

and the warm ocean always welcomed us

with its gentle waves

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It was more like a picnic for the youngsters

than a refugee camp

Maybe I was luckier than other children,

but I never had a worry

There were food, shelter,

and people who cared for me

I was loved and content
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Time has passed since

The island is still waiting,

but the people have moved on

Yet, I still wonder and search

for whatever I had left behind

Maybe it was the love

I had always taken for granted

or the soul of my youth

which I had lost a long time ago

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Long live my refugee friends.

Written by my former student Hien Le


 

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