REFLECTION-IMAGE / PERFORMANCE - Performed by Tran Huynh Trieu An

“Human actually contains many broken pieces”- Unknown.

Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror and wondered if you have another face? And the face you are seeing yourself with is just a random fragmented piece? Your body and soul are materialized from broken pieces. So is your fate. Pieces. Like a mirror shattered into space. The reflection in that mirror and the image outside are pieces wandering and searching for their missing parts so as to achieve harmony, not just in the mind, but more precisely, harmony among the sentimental, mental, and physical pieces as a whole

A mirror piece cannot mirror itself, and thus, these broken pieces see themselves through the reflection in others. They only have a few tens of years to float and roam in space and time, to look at themselves and reflect before they fade away, splinter and become dust.
How long would it take for Alice to realize that there was no such thing as Wonderland where a cat could go without a face if it did not want to? Has it ever crossed your mind that the face you carry in life might be different when you are dead? It could also be very different from the face you see everyday in the mirror, and different from that which you suppose to be yours.



REFLECTION - IMAGE
Written by NGUYEN THI MINH NGOC
Translated by Nguyen Ngoc Minh Chau
Performed by Tran Huynh Trieu An


ONE – DON’T HIDE
Tears are not from my eyes
Down your own face, they’re rolling
The truth is not that ugly
Please don’t hide
How can you cover the sun with such small hands?
Don’t lock yourself within the darkness of fear
Your solitude will crush me inside


TWO – DON’T WALK AWAY FROM ME
How could you destroy the body in which I still live?
Don’t you blow out the only flicker of flame in my soul?
Because then, the last ray of hope in you will vanish
Don’t walk away from me
Because I’m the mirror reflecting you
Please pretend there is no difference between us
Please pretend that you simply can’t leave me.


THREE - REFLECTION
I’m the mirror reflecting you
That reflection is my soul
It smiles when I’m happy
And cries with my sadness
Oh, who’s there that looks like me?
Merging into that reflection in a blur
Even for just a fragile moment
I could not ask for more


FOUR – WE ARE ONE
Love birds are always side by side
Just like a pair of phoenix singing their song
Like a bamboo standing close to the blooming apricot blossom.
Like a duet of flute and harp
What would be the meaning of your life?
If one day I stopped breathing
Once we’ve become one
Losing you, agony, would break my heart!


FIVE – BROKEN
I’m the mirror reflecting you
I dare you to break it
Imagine flowers in storms
Traceless disappearances of the moon and stars
The sky’s black despair
Eruption of volcanoes
A crack on the earth, a desolate life

SIX – END
Don’t lock yourself within the darkness of fear
Your solitude will crush me inside
Please pretend there is no difference between us
Please pretend that you simply can’t leave me
I’m the mirror reflecting you
The reflection is my soul
What would be the meaning of your life?
If one day I stopped breathing
I dare you to break the mirror

I dare you to break it


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