Dreams within Thai
By Sarah, Year 10
And still, I often have dreams within Thai.
Though over three years have passed.
Since I first wandered Bangkok streets.
I dream of little noodle stands.
Fried rice in a banana leaf.
And peppers hot enough to make you scream.
Green curry, sticky rice with fresh papaya.
Roti with shredded coconut and cheese.
Lobster skewered on hot sugarcane.
Awake, I find the language almost gone.
Asleep, my missing fluency returns.
As I mount my ancient Ariel.
I know it is not as it was.
And that I can never go back.
But I am thankful for the dream.
This poem, Dreams Within Thai, by Sarah is an excerpt from Postcode Stories 2747. Throughout 2024, Story Factory worked with the students at Cambridge Park High School to produce a collection of stories and poems about place and belonging. From fantasy prose to poetic memoir, the students’ musing and individual approaches to storytelling demonstrate their highly personal connections to place. Their words are proudly published in the final book, Postcode Stories.
Postcode Stories was supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
