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.
#729 On Collective Surveys
In colonnades of many-coloured hues
The gathered crowd opines in aggregate
We strain to give true voice to diff’ring views
And lend some solid shape to tense debate
The cut and thrust of thoughts in mannered form
Conceals the roiling growls - a muted storm.
#726 On The Great Melaka Race
In the midday sun
Frantically chasing checkpoints
A genial whirlwind.
#725 On The Mid Peacock (The Void)
Surpassing all in cleverness and wit
At least that's how he fancies his own self
(Unknown to him, to others he's a twit
Consigned to "Tiresome" on their mental shelf)
He struts onstage with performative zest
So mid, yet certain that he is the best.
#724 On Reading The Room
Eyes flit ‘cross the room:
Some glad, some glazed, some ablaze
What lurks in yon minds?
#712 On Blackwings and Bunco
Pencil meets paper:
Inchoate thoughts, sketched in black,
Take flight in my mind.
#701 On Youthful Dreams
In youth I dreamed heroic dreams
To carve my name in history's heights
But Time tore at the tattered seams
Of dreams that faded at first light
And yet my hope still ventures forth:
His Grace: my true abiding North.
#700 Tentang Roda Bergiliran
Beginilah giliran roda
Hari demi hari berputar
Ada suka ada derita
Semuanya tegas mencabar.