“I Will Always Treasure Her Smile”
Photograph by John Diamond, M.D.
To a dangerously ill
young Chinese woman.
I said “Li Bai”
– and you smiled.
You said “Mozart”
– and smiled again.
Through your smile
I saw your Soul.
That’s my best memory of Bangkok.
Thank you.
I will treasure your smile for my life.
This, translated, I gave to her.
And, through her pain,
she smiled and smiled.
“Hsieh-hsieh.”
