tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42893555232855074142024-03-12T20:36:39.059-07:00PESONA-ILHAMZIKRYPESONA-ILHAMZIKRYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417526515931275079noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289355523285507414.post-40462442131104737542009-10-08T00:19:00.000-07:002009-10-08T00:28:21.272-07:00ABDILLAH SM : POETRY - FREEDOM<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >freedom</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >given the space<br />fly my dragonfly<br />given the time<br />without anguish</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >waiting shy<br />flap your wings<br />towards the sky<br />sprited with<br />my love<br />and<br />cry<br /><br />dramatic<br />moment<br />departure</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >:::<br />drifting away<br />teribble<br />capture<br /><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xUHEQYw5oJY/Ss2TmDbYuwI/AAAAAAAAACM/-qPJbjIM2RQ/s1600-h/pepatung.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 111px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xUHEQYw5oJY/Ss2TmDbYuwI/AAAAAAAAACM/-qPJbjIM2RQ/s320/pepatung.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390126610996837122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>PESONA-ILHAMZIKRYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417526515931275079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289355523285507414.post-21763418792893564292009-10-05T00:24:00.000-07:002009-10-05T02:30:07.538-07:00ABDILLAH SM - SHORT STORY - ( an extract ) MY BELOVED<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xUHEQYw5oJY/SsmhC2DfeWI/AAAAAAAAAB8/rd3Bo3u2oag/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 87px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xUHEQYw5oJY/SsmhC2DfeWI/AAAAAAAAAB8/rd3Bo3u2oag/s320/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389015499367479650" border="0" /></a>
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<br />PESONA-ILHAMZIKRYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417526515931275079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289355523285507414.post-10705742080552359182009-01-27T20:18:00.000-08:002009-02-05T23:41:42.977-08:00ABDILLAH SM : POETRY - LAND OF GRIEF<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAbdillah%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Georgia; panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Dolphin; panose-1:2 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:MS; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults ext="edit" spidmax="1026"> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout ext="edit"> <o:idmap ext="edit" data="1"> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0in 3pt 1in; text-align: center; text-indent: -1in; page-break-after: avoid; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Dolphin;font-size:24;" >
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<br /><i><span style=";font-family:Georgia;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> PESONA-ILHAMZIKRYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417526515931275079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289355523285507414.post-9675463219770395792009-01-02T20:20:00.000-08:002009-01-04T22:00:37.180-08:00ABDILLAH SM : POETRY - MAHA JIWA<div style="text-align: center;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAbdillah%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:MS;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:0in 1.25in 0in 84.0pt; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:14;">
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<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS"> lust fidgeted body
<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">layers of masks</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">covering humiliation</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">being spruced but</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">wild ruthless fool;</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">contradicting</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">desire in pure search</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">intrinsic stream
<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">field of meaning.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">iii
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">
<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">meditation even dream</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">the soul sneaks</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">to batter obstructions</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">escaping a green bayan</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">cracking prisons of </span></p><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAbdillah%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:MS;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-style: italic;" align="center"><span lang="MS">ammara<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-style: italic;" align="center"><span lang="MS">lawwama<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-style: italic;" align="center"><span lang="MS">mulhama <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-style: italic;" align="center"><span lang="MS">mutma’inna <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">racing the speed light</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">flapping wings to submit</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">lulling the longing soul</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">reconciling the desire
<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">peak of lust.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">
<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">iv</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">
<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">alas, the restless soul</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">prayers key to the heart</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS"><span style=""> </span>my recitation</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">adulating</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">thanking.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">
<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS"><span style=""> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">holy wandering</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">leaving physical burden</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><i style=""><span lang="MS">dunya shahawat hawa<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">adventuring eminent nostalgia</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">penetrating prisons of</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-style: italic;" align="center"><span lang="MS">mutma’inna <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-style: italic;" align="center"><span lang="MS">radiyya<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-style: italic;" align="center"><span lang="MS">mardiyya</span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">layers of possibilities</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">collecting granules grace</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">tracking the sweet reality</span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS"><span style="font-style: italic;">saffiya
<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS"><span style="font-style: italic;">the pure self</span>
<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">embracing</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">maha jiwa</span><i style=""><span lang="MS"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">love</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">eternity.</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </div><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); text-align: right;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="MS">2/1/2009</span></span></p> PESONA-ILHAMZIKRYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417526515931275079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289355523285507414.post-60224590962531089822009-01-02T02:09:00.000-08:002009-01-02T07:18:29.375-08:00ABDILLAH SM : POETRY - THE RICE FIELD <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAbdillah%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:MS;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:9.0pt 1.25in 0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 0);" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="MS">
<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 0);" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="MS">the rice field </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><i style=""><span lang="MS"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">(for Adnan Zaki Bunyamin)</span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center">
<br /><i style=""><span lang="MS" style="font-size:10;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"></span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">i have a strong desire</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">walking in watery field</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">where <i style="">padi</i> grows in fertile</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">leaves supple in the breeze</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">swaying and waving the spirit</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">of the malay</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">walking through the era</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">revolution of the race.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">rice pounded from padi </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">is our prime food</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">vapour of fragrant rice</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">odourously comfortable to touch</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">with a lump of <span style="font-style: italic;">nipah</span> salt</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">rubbing on the melting</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS"><span style="font-style: italic;">engkabang</span> oil</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">slides the mixture with</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">beautiful dreams of independence</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">battering the barriers </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">fortunes, politic and</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">economy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">
<br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">for generations </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">we enjoy product of the field</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">ripening <span style="font-style: italic;">padi </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">of granny’s locality </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">keeping her name within</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">my longing mind</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">ironically as </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">nostalgia peaked height</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">the buffaloes vanished to tractor</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">the fields broadened by hectares<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">reality of a rice field disappeared in </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">the eye of heart</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">where upon my cousin</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">sketched a history</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">heir of nation’s granny</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">stepped on the moon.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="center"><span lang="MS">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="right"><i style=""><span lang="MS" style="font-size:10;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="right"><i style=""><span lang="MS" style="font-size:10;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" align="right"><i style=""><span lang="MS" style="font-size:10;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:85%;" >1/1/2009</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span lang="MS" style="font-size:11;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">
<br /></span></span></i></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span lang="MS" style="font-size:11;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" >glossary</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/visbeek/3038034216/"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">padi</span></span></a></div><p style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8108294@N05/540474213/"><span style="font-style: italic;">nipah</span></a></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><i style=""><span lang="MS"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikifotolog/1069305914/">engkabang</a></span></i></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-style: italic;"></span>
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<br /></span></i></p><p style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><i style=""><span lang="MS">from the original in bahasa melayu<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><i style=""><span lang="MS">entitled: sawah dan bulan by Abdillah SM</span></i><i style=""><span lang="MS"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span lang="MS" style="font-size:11;"><span style="font-size:85%;">translated by </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:85%;" >Abdillah SM</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> PESONA-ILHAMZIKRYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417526515931275079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289355523285507414.post-5660055551849668442008-12-30T18:29:00.000-08:002008-12-31T20:07:41.530-08:00ABDILLAH SM : PHOTOGRAPHY - SNAP OF THE DAY 30/12/08 <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">CONGRATULATIONS</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:Georgia;font-size:14;" lang="MS"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">By Abdillah SM</span></span></span>
<br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14;" lang="MS"></span></div><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14;" lang="MS"><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14;" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14;" lang="MS"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 60pt; text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14;" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">The flash of <i style="">nur</i> throbs very softly yet persistent in my brain – regenerates the memories.<span style=""> </span>That’s it.<span style=""> </span>Moment of <i style="">basirah</i> I had just experienced was apparently true and had been to me perfectly unveiled.<span style=""> </span>True.<span style=""> </span>I was confused for the first time about the warning shadow of death.<span style=""> </span><i style="">Syukran</i>.<span style=""> </span><i style="">Ana mawujud!</i><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Thanks God. Isn’t a fate until it happens.<span style=""> </span>That I will accept with submission, leaving behind all materialistic; me into the realm of <i style="">barzah</i>.<span style=""> </span>It wasn’t as I imagined but a fatal experience.<span style=""> </span>Fate thus His knowledge, I am a helpless creature who gotten very minimal understanding to construct a suggestion.<span style=""> </span>Yet now I am beginning to breathe.<span style=""> </span>Receiving again the grace with submission; the blessing of the Almighty,<span style=""> </span>The Creator.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">
<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">So, what is the meaning of soul, life and might?<span style=""> </span>I turned my head to the left, feeling confused and tiresome but kept on thinking.<span style=""> </span>The doctor who was in<span style=""> </span>my attendance had once whispered to me, whether was he joking while referring about soul showed me his comical expression; all that you have just asked, he said to me, to my opinion is merely a terminology: Energy! He he he he. He laughed out but hiding his pearly white and perfectly profiled teeth.<span style=""> </span>Repugnant was the diagnosis meant I must die within the stipulated time they thought might, based on the experience and the study of man.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Nay! Since the postponement, without hesitation I must grip this opportunity in order to expect challenges in life, in search of signs and knowledge that must I pick.<span style=""> </span>Utilizing the span extension that has His approval.<span style=""> </span>Feeling frozen, with wandering thoughts overflowed I was at a moment being inspired with an advice which sounded like a warning: Read! Read in the name of your God the Most Creative!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">That very moment I started to shake and move.<span style=""> </span>Trying it very hard.<span style=""> </span>Dragging away the weary feet to bring about my weakened physic.<span style=""> </span><i style="">Syukran!</i><span style=""> </span>Very carefully, in my mind I ran search for the starting premise that is right and fair so as not to waste even fraction of a second the process of the spiritual disposition.<span style=""> </span>A span extension is fated to me but the articles and clauses unknown.<span style=""> </span><i style="">Syukur, ya</i> Allah! Thank you, Allah! Thank you, Allah!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">
<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Now, as I touched my head, stretching my neck and brushing my hair with my fingers I realized the heaviness inside – my brain.<span style=""> </span>Dear me!<span style=""> </span>This is the brain.<span style=""> </span>It is a gift from Ilahi. It was invaluable to me.<span style=""> </span>An organ that I had ever witnessed through imaging procedure which was tried on me.<span style=""> </span>Ah!<span style=""> </span>There would be someone asking why the soul which is as mighty a gift seemed me to avoid the understanding. Like it is not as sincere to legitimize my thanks to Ilahi?<span style=""> </span>Forgive, mercy! Forgive, mercy!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">
<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">I must value all the gifts from Ilahi.<span style=""> </span>But, I had always been reminded the subject soul is totally His knowledge, I am only a simple creature just beginning to wonder.<span style=""> </span>Only recently I tried to relate the question as to whether there is any effect that soul ever existed, in my memory, the brain or elsewhere in my body.<span style=""> </span>And more over, the brain to me alike a black box, safety device in an airplane which records flight statistics.<span style=""> </span>I was that something, I thought – a flying machine about to perform a dramatic yet historical flight into <i style="">barzah</i>. Oh my!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">
<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">I believed every statistical information about me is well stored in my memory, the brain.<span style=""> </span>That is it.<span style=""> </span>Anything – that covers moment to moment of my being until a destruction happened; alike the incident that I was about to believe<span style=""> </span>- was my death.<span style=""> </span>But, never was the recording started when I was just conceived. This one I was told. Such functional could have begun in a very distant time before the realization.<span style=""> </span>The dawn of time might had been it.<span style=""> </span>Before the conception of me in the<span style=""> </span>loving womb of my mother. Yes, might had been that.<span style=""> </span>My being in the metaphysical realm.<span style=""> </span>That’s it! Always present in its own very name, virtual and real – Abdullah!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">
<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">The truth I must have assuredly accepted the challenge to be realized into the physical – the reality.<span style=""> </span>With a nod and a <i style="">lafadz</i>. To be a matter – a material.<span style=""> </span>With<span style=""> </span>one’s own submission. Be materialized. So, have I gone through most challenges in this earthy life of mine with mind – the brain supplying thoughts and inspirations to keep up with my existence – purposing to my physical survival. Keeping the <i style="">amanah</i> a handful. <span style=""> </span>I too always trust as I have been made to trust – every living thing will experience death.<span style=""> </span>A transition that will bring me back to the central. <i style="">Syukran!</i> <span style="">
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<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style=""></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">I could understand, the brain contains memories is a faculty of testimony and evident.<span style=""> </span>The information it stores can never be manipulated or even erased, but recorded in the left and the right of the brain. I started to calculate the relevance and the understanding about angels; Atid and Raqid.<span style=""> </span>Atid is supposed to record all the good deeds while Raqid’s the evils.<span style=""> </span>The brain is so destructible just as other organs are.<span style=""> </span>So, till I am extinguished the physical will eventually rot and soon be absorbed into the earth.<span style=""> </span>Curiously me! Where gone the realities of my memories and all the facts ever being stored in the faculty brain?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><i style=""><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Syukran!</span></i><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"> I love You, Allah!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Please accept my love and affection.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">I am, <span style=""> </span>your powerless and helpless creature.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">And I could be just like a plant,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Alike bacteria,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">That could only live in particular environment,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Or could only be anywhere<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">As long as You permit this life. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Amin!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">
<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Waiting restlessly but searching for possibilities, I picked sudden emergence of<span style=""> </span>a notion – the voice and the where about it. The audio, that’s it! The audio! Where had the voices which were produced during my uttering and prayers accumulated?<span style=""> </span>And the visual?<span style=""> </span>Yes, the visual!<span style=""> </span>My appearance?<span style=""> </span>Had it ever been recorded by any virtual lenses.<span style=""> </span>Alike the lenses of cameras.<span style=""> </span>Do they exist? I knew of the present technological advancement is in fact an inspiration.<span style=""> </span>As a result of human intelligence that studies and learns the world surrounds them.<span style=""> </span>Then, it is not comical to suggest there might have been virtual lens hiding somewhere since time immemorial – the lens of the universe.<span style=""> </span>It was my joke always, anyway.<span style=""> </span>Ah!<span style=""> </span>Sure enough it had recorded my existence; audio-visual-aroma.<span style=""> </span>Why the aroma?<span style=""> </span>Had we a camera that captures aroma?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p>I have known that my heart is a biological pump, endeavouringly bringing the oxygen to the brain so will it help the grey matter to breathe and throb.<span style=""> </span>Now, because of the prosperity of my brain that generates anew my enthusiasm, living again seems to be a kind of new beauty and excitements in its fullness compared to yesterdays.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">
<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p>Thank you, Ya Allah. Thank you, Allah.<span style=""> </span><i style="">Terima kasih,</i> Allah.<span style=""> </span>Amin! Amin! Amin!<span style=""> </span>While tracing softly my beard that has becoming more grey, I noticed my chest being attacked with virtual bullets. Yes, they are bullets in my chest.<span style=""> </span>It’s painful, but<span style=""> </span>no pain. <i style="">Ibuuuuuuuuu.</i> I was crying. Tears ran down my cheeks warm and salty. It’s not the pain that I struggled and lamenting. My mother. I haven’t seen her for so many years. A decade? Two? No! I can’t recall. I think its three plus decades. Reflecting you mum is pain and no pain. Both is happiness to me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">
<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">No pain but, it’s painful.<span style=""> </span>Eventually so, emerging slowly in my mind the meaning of love and hatred within the pain and no pain sensations.<span style=""> </span>Speechlessly now.<span style=""> </span>I am <span style=""> </span>being inspired by the feeling of a faraway existence in my inner self, the feeling of another pain within pain with and without fear. <span style=""> </span>Mum, happiness being with you in the reflection.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">
<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Sprouting now in my mind various moods of imaginations that is extremely exciting to me since I have forgotten them all the while before.<span style=""> </span>Now,<span style=""> </span>there too is this inspiration – my interest about the surroundings – fresh, fragrance, sparkle and gleam, at certain particular corners gloomy, sad, nostalgic; memories and lust that suddenly stir the restlessness wellspring – central of my orgasm.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">
<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">It is morning. I gazed attentively appreciating the surrounding which is very calm yet hazy. A beautiful morning. I perceived the objects and their existence but was so muted to name them one by one.<span style=""> </span>Only I fully understood between me and the objects I shared a link – an empathy.<span style=""> </span>I was as talking in the silence. The silence is indeed charming. The empathy that had linked me rushed inherently, as being uploaded to a certain network. Might was it a type of telecommunication – no!<span style=""> </span>It isn’t.<span style=""> </span>It’s<span style=""> </span>telepathic.<span style=""> </span>The source is beginning to supply voltage of normal frequency so my mind is now reading – Ouch!<span style=""> </span>Burned and perished.
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<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">No!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">
<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><i style=""><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Syukran, syukran, syukran</span></i><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">.<span style=""> </span>That all are safe.<span style=""> </span>Intact.<span style=""> </span><i style="">Syukran!</i><span style=""> </span>There’s just a kind of fuse been installed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">
<br /><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Assalamualaikum,Ya Rabulalamin.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Assalamulaikum, Ya Rabbi.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Assalamualaikum, Ya Ilahi.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Ana Abdullah.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Ana Abdillah.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Ana Abdallah.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Ana mawujud. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Mawujud, mawujud.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Syukran! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Syukran! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Syukran! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Thank you, Allah!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Thank you, Ilahi, Rabbi! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Amin! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Amin!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Amin!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic; text-align: right; color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;">Translated by</span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-family:Georgia;"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Abdillah SM</span></span><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p> PESONA-ILHAMZIKRYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417526515931275079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289355523285507414.post-5740566927211157222008-12-28T02:54:00.000-08:002008-12-28T02:55:45.198-08:00ABDILLAH SM : POETRY - THE PLEDGE<div style="text-align: center;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAbdillah%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:MS;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:0in 0in 0in 9.35pt; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">the pledge</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">we the offspring <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">mother, the nusantara<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">mystical passion<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">labour of contraction<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">caused brilliance<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">the melayu</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">fragrance milk of kindness <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">bosom intimate fraternity<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">crisped nostalgic glory<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">moral and dignity<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">esprit of purity<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">mind containing</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"> placental </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">ties</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"> of the melayu<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">accompany their wanderings<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">dispersing fertile seedlings<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">beautiful jungles the yards<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"><span style=""> </span>herbs and spices<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">rhythming waves<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">originating melayu existence<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">ocean of struggle<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">red is the blood<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">pledge after birth</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">accept this greeting homage<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">from hands of legacy<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">melayu goodwill <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">bondage nostalgic embrace<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">love symphony serenades<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">lamp of the epoch
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<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">we, the nusantara offspring <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">untying knots of the pledge <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">promises mother swore the universe<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">history is an obligation, nah!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">take the bow shaking trusted hands<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">tightly, never let to rest <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="MS">till dissolves
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<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> PESONA-ILHAMZIKRYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417526515931275079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289355523285507414.post-80281579747647532202008-12-24T22:25:00.000-08:002008-12-24T23:27:44.745-08:00ABDILLAH SM - POETRY - MY PET<div style="text-align: left;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAbdillah%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:script; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:MS;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:0in 1.25in 0in 9.35pt; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:18;" lang="MS"><o:p></o:p></span></b> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:18;" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:18;" lang="MS"><o:p>
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<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">having lingered <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">amongst us<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">decades, generations<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">thought it is<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">a good god, but<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">a reptile <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">enthroned.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">a <a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-style: italic;" href="http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=234877">tugau</a> it is<i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">incarnating into <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">this millennium<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">from jungles of<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">swamps and palms <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">sneaked snaked<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">into the society <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">of urban,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">coils friendliness <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">cunningly designs<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">maneuver <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">singing slavery <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">holding its power<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">money and scholar<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">means and mights<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">to being god<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">but isn’t enough<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">making one<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:130%;" lang="MS">just god!</span></p><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="MsoNormal">
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<br />PESONA-ILHAMZIKRYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417526515931275079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289355523285507414.post-14448122883761082472008-12-24T05:15:00.000-08:002008-12-24T07:30:05.552-08:00ABDILLAH SM : POETRY - THE RIVER <div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 204, 255);"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAbdillah%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:MS;} @page Section1 {size:11.0in 8.5in; mso-page-orientation:landscape; margin:0in 1.0in 0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:11;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="MS"><span style="font-weight: bold;">
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<br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="MS"><span style="font-weight: bold;">the river</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">pedaling the canoe upstream<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">slippery bank mossy rocks<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">anchoring restlessness <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">within the twilight<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">rhythming the years of nostalgia<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">towards night ending<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">never to fade.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">oh my!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">so old is the river.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">flora, fauna and life herbs<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">chillling air, clear water<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">atmosphere;<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">softening sandalwood aroma<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">burning sticks of incence<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">floating among the trees<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">of the river bank<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">readable<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">talkable.
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<br /></span><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">ever I passed by it<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">vaguely though in memory<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">remembrance always <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">is faithful<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">strength is the river<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">loyalty its commitment.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">pedaling the canoe upstream<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">longing is too acute<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">to be extinguished.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">am awaiting
<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">the ticking</span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">to end
<br /></span><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">anchoring my physical<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">into the lake
<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;">the source,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:100%;"> river of time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:11;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:11;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:11;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:11;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:11;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><i style=""><span lang="MS" style="font-size:11;"><span style="font-size:85%;">
<br /></span><o:p></o:p></span></i> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size:11;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div>PESONA-ILHAMZIKRYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417526515931275079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289355523285507414.post-64541440214217315182008-12-22T23:47:00.000-08:002008-12-22T23:48:02.133-08:00ABDILLAH SM : POETRY - TRANCE<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAbdillah%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:MS;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:18;" lang="MS">
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<br /><b><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);" lang="MS"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">of euphoria<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">comes here ecstasy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">worn journey<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">through ages<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">hopes and failures<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">lasted at dawn<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">timeless<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">light years<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">airy, watery, earthy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">forms a kindness<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">love and yearning<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">touching<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">meaning<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">essencing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">will i to embrace<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">nothingness</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;">
<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">nay!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">wretched soul assured<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">stupefied by the presence<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">eternal morality<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">feeling the being<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">absorbed into<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">dissolved not without <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">mercy but passion<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">being <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">into<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">being <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">course<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">intercourse</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;">
<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">justified,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" lang="MS">vindicated.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);" lang="MS"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: right;" class="MsoNormal">
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