The Tide of War
By T. Bunkasem/1987
 
Across the harvested rice fields,
Crawl the snakes of refugees,
In the middle of the battlefield,
They are long, as far as (I) eyes can see.
 
The enemy is running from behind,
Running and chasing with all their might.
Tripling our speed like storm-wind,
Oh Buddha, w h y are we in such plight?
 
Many wounded cry out in pain,
Some cannot move 'cause of their blain.
 
Across the mountains of hope, we wander
There, we become the jungle survivors
 
We swim through the sea of danger.
We are driftwood
Carried by the tide,
 
And blown by the winds of war.
We abscond in rain and thunder
For days and nights,
We are brave,
Searching for freedom ashore.

Volume 1 Issue 3 August/September 1996

Works by Thavrith Bunkasem

1. A Child Worker of Angkar      
2. Imagine     
3.  Ah, c'est ça la vie!     
4.  La première neige (The first  snow)   
5. The Beauty of the Night     
6.  Nicaragua    
7.  La Revolution   
8.  I'll be gone   
9. The Tide of War
10. Notes from Africa...  

 

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