What is winning anyway?
I’m the one you took your anger out on. I’m the one you came to for comfort. I’m the one you sometimes called Lisa or Brenda… I’m the one who held you when you were afraid… I’m the one you thought had no feelings, but I do… I’m the one who didn’t hold it against you. I’m the one you probably don’t remember, But I remember you. I’m the one who is part of you And you are part of me. Not one second goes by in my life that I do not speak to you in my heart. That I do not think of you silently in my heart, And thank you for your deaths so that I can be here. I’m the one who wants you to be happy and satisfied. Because I’m alive and I can feel. – Nguyen Ngoc Xuanl Copyright 1997 by Frontiers Editorial Collective The poem above was written by Nguyen Ngoc Xuan, a Vietnamese American woman and a veteran of the Vietnam War. Xuan was born in 1954, as the French were defeated in the First Indochina War, but her defining life experiences occurred during the Second Indochina War against the Un
