A hearth!
A hearth to warm my kindling
The dearth!
The dearth of light is blinding
The death!
The death of all this trifling
the death of all your troubling
The death of Life and Yearning.
#740 On The Burying Prize
What will you do when
The prize you sought for so long
Seeks to bury you?
#739 On This Leaden Crown
These thoughts weigh heavy
Like a leaden crown on thorns.
A most caustic prize.
#738 On Being Overmatched (No Country for Old Men)
“I feel overmatched,”
He said with resignation.
His world was all dust.
#737 On The Magic of Pencils
A wooden pencil
Dances across the blank page
Weaving a dark spell.
#736 Tentang Bertekunan Dalam Pasukan
Tekun kerja dalam pasukan
Cergas cermat membina mimpi
Tanpa lelah bergotong sakan
Demi satu cita dihati.
#735 Tentang Berjalan di Gigi Pantai
Awan putih menongkat langit
Biru nian menawan jiwa
Desir ombak mengubat perit
Sejuk mata merawat lara.
#734 On Courage At Work
With downcast eyes averting from the ask
They seek to abdicate the given role
So highly paid, yet keen to shirk the task
They run with wolves but seek to play the mole
The life well lived: with hearts right on the line
The courage to persist is nigh divine!
#733 Tentang Silat Persidangan
Meja bulat berlapis lapis
Pentas tempat bersilat minda
Buah fikir berjenis jenis
Siapa menang siapa tertunda?
#732 Tentang Gosip
Gembar gembur itu
Tersembur dari lidah-lidah yang bercabang
Meluncur masuk ke telinga-telinga yang bersarang
Bergelumang dalam madu hitam yang berlumpur
Melebur kebenaran
Sehingga yang ada cuma
Kerobohan
Kebobrokan
Kehancuran.