Cradled Moon.

Fossombrone, Italy. Photo credits: Oana Maria Cercel.

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Shine on, a haibun by David Ngo

Amid the rhythm of machines in the ICU, you ride the relentless tide of a stroke, each breath straining to fill your fading lungs—all for one thought: the uncertain future of those left behind. 


    twilight...
    the fading flicker
    of a spark 

(in memoriam, my late mother Ling Boey King, 1936-2025)
—David Ngo

Read by Oana Maria Cercel: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGyGZEgvO-A/?igsh=cnphZ3E2eGVuM2lx

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