Monday, June 21, 2004

Random poetry day!

Cardboard
by Alfian bin Sa'at

Trembling, as if drenched in blood,
Her fingers slide across
The whispering surfaces of cardboard.

She folds them, as if they were her mother's bridal gowns.
With the tenderness of a storyteller after the final chapter
And the final truth.

Curiously crooked,
She could live in a box,
Crouched like a foetus.

Aching with ancient pains
In old joints
Wind dribbles through one fist
Hope dribbles through the other
Another box collapses...

On the day she folds her own coffin
Out of cardboard, from a box
Labelled "Fragile handle with care"
I only pray that "This side up"
Points heavenwards.

the dead woman murmured 6/21/2004 10:39:00 PM
|

mood

Translation:
Nemo nisi mors.


the subject

utopist. dreamer. cynic. poet. a contradiction. eccentric. cartesian. a starlight in the gloom.

The patient, born in 1984, suffers from a history of idealism of unknown onset and duration.

bloghome | owl me


links

~ Amadeus Choral Society
~ Cat Welfare Society
~ Foamy the Squirrel
~ NTU Choir

:: Bing
:: Celine
:: Jace
:: Jan
:: Jean
:: Jerry
:: Jonnie
:: Jordie River
:: KatTj
:: Kerri
:: Kiat
:: Margaret
:: Melvyn
:: MJ
:: NCHS Chinese Opera
:: Sze Fei
:: TseWei
:: XiaoBin
:: Yimei


archives

January '03
February '03
March '03
April '03
May '03
June '03
July '03
August '03
September '03
October '03
November '03
December '03
January '04
February '04
March '04
April '04
May '04
June '04
July '04
August '04
September '04
October '04
November '04
December '04
January '05
February '05
March '05
April '05
May '05
June '05
July '05
August '05
September '05
October '05
November'05
December'05
January '06
February '06
March '06
April '06
May '06
June '06
July '06
August '06
September '06
October '06
November '06
December '06
January '07
February '07
March '07
April '07
May '07
June '07
July '07
August '07
September '07
October '07
November'07


fanfic

:: Destiny Trilogy Part 1: The War
:: Destiny Trilogy Part 2: The Children of Lughnasadh
:: The Gates Just Opened


Powered By Blogger!

:: Photo by National Geographic Society Copyright © 2002 ::