Miss Saigon

On the streets of Saigon, I saw you walking around... I saw your face as pale as your white Áo dài and it seemed like your body flowing with it. I saw the tears coming down from your sad eyes, but you forced a smile when I asked you what went wrong...

"It's because of the war," you told me sadly. "It might be over 30 years ago, but the reminiscence of the war left me a bigger wound than a weapon could do. We probably look strong and develop a steep line during these years, but the bad memories of the war keep haunting us until we never know when".

"Everybody hates war", I told her fondly. "Let's not look into the past, but let ourselves see the bright side of tomorrow, you and the country still have so many opportunities."

I continued, "You, Miss Saigon, the future of this country lies in you, why don't you just get up and make a new start? Mourning is not helping your country...."

"But I just can't get rid of the memory", she replied. "I live with it day by day, I even can't move from this area, and just every second I hear the heartbeat of the Viet Cong soldiers in the tunnel below the streets."

I just don't know what to do anymore... I can't help her to forget about the war.

To the Miss Saigon I saw in the Reunification Palace, HCMC, May 2007:
The war is over, you realized that. And it is the time for Viet Nam to face the new life... if the country can beat America, then the country can also beat the world. You don't have to be worry, Viet Nam will be all good as probably you can't ever imagine.

Just Rest In Peace...