Old Friends # 1

Just got a call today
From the hometown old friend
Take the device,
“Hello, hear!”
The other end:
"Are you free to come back and meet in class?"

Oh! Thirty eight years I went abroad
Never met old friends
But his voice is the same
Like to talk about anything he could name

“The teacher named Liên, do you remember?
We just visited
Surgery, health is not better
Amused, called our names as attendance
No one is mistaken

The class beauty of Ai
Who caused we quarreled so much
Now four children but still in touch
The husband was drunk with jealousy

Toan and the gentle boy Dat
Graduated from school to go to battlefield
Since that day no news
Cruel war ended but did not return!

Many old friends are different now
There are rights and power speaking loud
No fair play as when we’re children
There're also some big disagreements!

Do you remember what this year is about?
Sixty two years anniversary celebration the school of ours
Unleash stories telling
Despite our life’s floating!”

Yeah right! Time is like running water
Did not wait for anyone
Have tasted enough failures
Old school friends are there for a reason!