Today is my birthday I\u2019m eighty
\nI think of my Mom giving me birth a deed mighty
\nIt was at a time of war and sorrow
\nEveryday Mom said was a day borrowed
\nThere\u2019s the usual jubilation of a new-born to the family
\nThe hardship of bringing me up in scarcity was not a worry<\/p>\n
The eighty years of my experience were quite extraordinary
\nWars deaths dislocation and change required adjustments many
\nWe lived through threats struggle and hope supported by sheer ingenuity
\nUnder my parents\u2019 protective wings I had luck and freedom plenty
\nI learned more from practical challenges than schools which was intermittent
\nMy aspiration and achievement carry the Chinese cultural imprints incessant<\/p>\n
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