Once, for a while

Once, for a while, I was in love too,
once, for a while, caught up in a love song,
once, for a while, my heart was sure
that the one I loved loved me back.

Back then life was pretty enough,
even with a head full of nonsense,
back then the summer rain kept falling
and oh, my heart would ache again.

Once, for a while, we both went quiet,
once, for a while, we chased our dreams,
once, for a while, we both stood dazed,
and in the end we quietly let each other go.

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Phong, 17 November 2022
First published in Vietnamese on Phong is writing. English translation for this site.