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(Poem) Mommy is waiting for you to return

Dedicated to the young lives lost at Juuyuan Middle School, Dujiangyan.

Yesterday was Mother's Day,

You made a greeting card for Mommy,

with your cute, colorful words inside:

"God is too busy

so he sent Mommy to take care of me

When I meet jo, someday,

I must tell him that

Mommy is the nicest angel."

The sun is shining today, bright and warm,

the world seemed to be spinning around

When I looked up,

I saw your smiling face soaring in the colorful sunlight.

you said nothing to me,

and left behind the schoolbag you always carry,

you left with the light, smiling,

no matter how hard I was crying for you.

It is dark, rain is falling

I saw people searching for you; they found your buddies in the rubble

But as for you, they still haven't got a clue.

my child, are you playing tricks on Mommy?

Did you forget the high school you wanted to go to,

that you have dreamt of for so long;

And the book you lost,

I found it for you, it was lying in the mud

You wanted to be the champion at the skateboard competition,

You wanted to have a flute solo at the Olympic opening ceremony,

You want to travel all over the world, to explore the mysterious places...

You still have a bet with Daddy about the podium results at the Olympics this year

But, we can't find you

Did you fly up to where God is to thank him personally?

You are still not back

though the rain pours harder and harder;

Stop this joke, my naughty child,

There are still a lot of things for you to do

There is no public transport to where God lives

I need you by my side.

I will be facing the east near our house, the remains of our house,

waiting for you,

I believe,

when the sun rises again,

you will be back riding the golden sunlight.

I will sit here, always be here,

till you come back.

Note: This poem was written in Chinese and posted on the Internet. During translation, we took some liberties with the structure to ensure the flow of words.

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