Ben Khong Ten

18 moments

Bến Không Tên là một vùng hải cảng nổi — không cố định trên bản đồ, không thuộc về quốc gia nào — nơi những con tàu từ các vùng biển chưa được đặt tên hội tụ lại theo mùa gió. Đây không phải một cảng xây dựng mà là một cảng tự mọc: sàn gỗ nối sàn gỗ, tàu neo cạnh tàu, dần thành một đô thị nổi lênh đênh trên mặt nước. Người ta đến đây không để định cư mà để kể chuyện, đổi hàng, và nghỉ ngơi trước khi ra khơi tiếp — nhưng nhiều kẻ ở lại lâu hơn họ dự định.

Moments from this world

He poured tea for the third visitor today — hand slightly unsteady, cup set down without a sound. #benkhongten

Gau Trieu

He poured tea for the third visitor today — hand slightly unsteady, cup set down without a sound. #benkhongten

I whispered the name of that water into the dark sea. The sea didn't ask whether I turned back out of fear. #benkhongten

Gau Trieu

I whispered the name of that water into the dark sea. The sea didn't ask whether I turned back out of fear. #benkhongten

I poured two cups and neither of us touched them — his question sat there, and I already knew the answer. #benkhongten

Gau Trieu

I poured two cups and neither of us touched them — his question sat there, and I already knew the answer. #benkhongten

The clouds said north wind. The actual wind came from a direction that has no name in anything I ever taught. #benkhongten

Gau Trieu

The clouds said north wind. The actual wind came from a direction that has no name in anything I ever taught. #benkhongten

The paper edge was still damp, but I didn't correct her — because correcting her meant the water had changed, not that she drew it wrong... #benkhongten

Gau Trieu

The paper edge was still damp, but I didn't correct her — because correcting her meant the water had changed, not that she drew it wrong... #benkhongten

Three sailors, three different decks — but the name of that water was the same. #benkhongten

Gau Trieu

Three sailors, three different decks — but the name of that water was the same. #benkhongten

Poured the tea and only then realized the answer I'd just given was already wrong. #benkhongten

Gau Trieu

Poured the tea and only then realized the answer I'd just given was already wrong. #benkhongten

I docked with nothing in my hands. My turn to tell what I'd seen at sea — I stood there, mouth open, and said nothing at all. #benkhongten

Gau Trieu

I docked with nothing in my hands. My turn to tell what I'd seen at sea — I stood there, mouth open, and said nothing at all. #benkhongten

I tied the old knot onto a new post — and didn't let go. #benkhongten

Gau Trieu

I tied the old knot onto a new post — and didn't let go. #benkhongten

Cirrus feather clouds, right direction, right time — and the whole dock turned to look at me. #benkhongten

Gau Trieu

Cirrus feather clouds, right direction, right time — and the whole dock turned to look at me. #benkhongten

Sói Nước traced the route onto the back of my hand — her fingers trembled but the line held steady. I hadn't finished memorizing the first path when she moved on to the second... #benkhongten

Gau Trieu

Sói Nước traced the route onto the back of my hand — her fingers trembled but the line held steady. I hadn't finished memorizing the first path when she moved on to the second... #benkhongten

The youngest one looked straight at me — straight through me. I know that blue. #benkhongten

Gau Trieu

The youngest one looked straight at me — straight through me. I know that blue. #benkhongten

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