Where are those beautiful moments?
Yes, I have heard that asked before.
Can a moment be captured, recorded?
Even on a camera?
A tape recorder?
Would you look at it,
hear it,
feel what you felt
when you felt it?
Perhaps this morning conjured magic
but is now just that moment -
yes, something I felt
merely felt, then.
That is in the past tense.
(May 2022)
A Sencharlieku
An empty shell
On a beach
Musical!
in the school I am thought to learn
some teacher use to tell me
my grades are depend on me
the teacher are only to record
that's the role of the teacher
really?
the teacher must be called
a recorder, instead.
Kota Kinabalu
Today I took some photos of yellow flowers
in a field that used to be a battle ground
The locals know little about it, but I think it had
to do with access to the salt mines, and to think
today we try to avoid salt, but back them salt was
a way of preserving food. But naturally the war was
not for commerce, soldiers fought to defend freedom
and they were given the spiel how brutal foes were.
Today it is about oil and we are given many accounts
yet we have many people like the “Sniper” whose
murderous conduct was made in the name of freedom,
when it was fought in the filthy black mass of horror, but
the photos I took showed a field of yellow flowers and
where the word coward is a compliment to those who have s
seen the amalgamation of dreams and the possible
Sometimes when I'm on the job, thoughts will come to me
regarding writing a piece of poetry,
but I just can't drop everything and pursue it vigorously.
That's when my pocket recorder comes in very handy.
I then take all that's recorded home with me
and then I proceed to work on my write leisurely.
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