Words

Old guava tree
Still bearing fruits;
Sixty years old now

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Old aunt's house 
Porch with fruit trees;
Custard apple delights

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Grandmother calls
Two pungent durians;
Holiday treat

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Waiting time here
School bus arrives;
Goodbye waves

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Memorial tablets
Family altar offerings;
Ancestors watching

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Prayers sung
On festival days;
Harmony abides

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Mind your words
Power resides within;
Seed new moments

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Words surge
Magic floods;
Cosmic activity

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Change anchors
Nothing to lose;
All things come and go

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Death flavours life
Life yields to death;
Nothing stays the same

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All that is true
Seen only with clear heart;
Listen to your soul

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Poise beyond voice
Heart knows fond choice;
Learn to rejoice

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Let blame be brief
Reject all grief;
Now simply breathe

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Words echo
Stones in egg shell;
Noisy crackle

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Leon Enriquez
20 August 2014
Singapore

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