poetry

10th July 2024, 1 min read poetry

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It is the restless clock

I have watched its tireless hands

Swipe off me, second by second

Some may feel it’s trivial

Others will sense it’s futile

This everlasting march of time

One considers sacred and sublime

It has bypassed me in my ignorant youth and in my restless adulthood

But now, in my senior years, time is as precious as gold, as perishable as food, and as elusive as the fleeting cloud

Time generates encounters, feelings, and actions

In which one has the ultimate control over matters

What had passed transpired as lessons for a better tomorrow

What is to come is the opportunity to achieve what one deems meaningful

Let not this ally slip away

Like a true, faithful friend waiting to build a dream with you

But may vanish with your inaction

30 th June 2024 1 min read

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A sleepless night

A troubled one

A fitful time

So anxious, Soul anxious

Quiet down body, calm down mind

You are ruled by a wild imagination

Get up, write something

Your heart needs to still

Even as your mind wanders

Words can be cathartic

They roam the page instinctively

Finally they become weary

The mind calms down and the body relaxes

And sleep came

28th June 2024. 1 min read

Know one fact

No one pities you in this world

Nor will they continue to do so

You have to get up on your feet

And face your devil’s advocate

That has suppressed you for years

Making you see impossibilities and imperfections

No one cares about how you do in this world

Each is for his own

Until you have something to show for

Until you benefit this world

You will be another passerby

A final speck in the dust

But if you have inspired at least one person in your life

To fight against the odds and achieve the best

In the pursuits of your ideals have moved someone else’s dial too

You have done your role as a fellow mate

It’s a justifiably useful life lived.

26th June 2024. 1 min read

When you are anxious

Think only of solutions

You will find it works

One gets distracted

When you only see defeat

Which destroys all hope

Picture your success

Think of positive outcome

Gravitate to it

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What is a Senryu poem?

1 Senryū is a Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction: three lines with 17 syllables~ 5 , 7, 5

2 Senryū tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about nature, and senryū are often cynical or darkly humorous while haiku are more serious

3 Usually speaks of human nature (behavior, emotions, characteristics

4 Untitled and Unrhymed

24/6/24. 1 mint read

Author at Komodo Island on a LOB

The glorious sun is setting on Komodo island again

All good things need not come to an end

The lessons learned from each other

Inspire us to excel in what one lacks

As each is endowed with different skills and talents

We will come back with more faith, fervour and fortitude

To create a better tomorrow

Friendships are forged by struggling through difficulties

Sharing useful knowledge

And smiling through tears

A companionship that is mutually respectful, meaningful and understanding

An association that can lasts a lifetime

A memory that one treasures forever

That is the friendship one seeks and has found in this trip

16/6/24 1 min read

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Being intimate

Does not draw people closer

Keep a good distance

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Look at the features of a Senryu poem by reading the older ones posted