Home is a journey that expands and contracts, like strands of DNA. We leave in search of freedom, we come spiralling back
The whir of motorcycles and the hum of overhead wires crackled through the air as the young man stepped carefully into the humid night. He looked up and down the alleyway, one of the many winding side streets that made up the labyrinth of the Cholon district in Saigon, Vietnam. Since the war, the nights had become increasingly uneasy, never knowing if police would come by and knock on your door to monitor your movements.
A week into the trip, my friend decided to change her plans to meet up with an old friend and take a different route. I was welcome to join them but my heart sank. The idea of travelling alone terrified me, but I couldn’t imagine coming all this way without finally seeing where my family came from. A small fire lit up inside me and I decided to stick with the original plan, alone.
The next morning, I met up with Sammi, one of my mom’s close childhood friends who had stayed in Vietnam all these years. My parents told her I was visiting and she came to show me around. Small in stature with a broad, beaming face and eyes that revealed perpetual mirth, she welcomed me by remarking on which of my features reminded her of my parents.
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