Debar jiwa diasak getir
Risau runsing tiada terubat
Sedang dinda diuji takdir
Hati hamba kusut terhambat.
#747 On Swimming and Sinking
Some days, Life throws you
For a loop, and you can try
To swim, or just sink.
#746 On Each New Day
No crystal ball to peer into the mist
No sight beyond the Now that just arrived
And Happiness requires us hence to trust
That Life is made of moments truly lived
Each day anew is one more gift divine
To live with hearts wide open and benign.
#741 On The Death
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.
#735 Tentang Berjalan di Gigi Pantai
Awan putih menongkat langit
Biru nian menawan jiwa
Desir ombak mengubat perit
Sejuk mata merawat lara.
#731 Tentang Yang Bodoh dan Yang Diperbodoh
Hoi! Siapa yang bodoh?
Engkaukah yang ditawan bangang
Atau akukah yang tersimpuh malang?
#730 Tentang Bayang-Bayang
Bayang-bayang itu
Datang sekilas dan terus hilang
Mata hati terbakar gersang
Dan aku merasa hilang…
Hilang dalam gering jiwa
Yang meronta mencabik menggarang.
#732 Tentang Perganyangan Masa
Ganyanglah masa yang ada
Buru dan lumatkan setiap satu saat
Yang datang singgah bagai merpati yang pemalu
Mampir sedetik dan akhirnya terbang pulang
Masa
Tamat
Pilu
Usang.