Eulogy of a Tree
When dawn illuminates the horizon
I remember how her silhouette
sharply razors through the sky
Regally erecting in graceful stillness
The leafless twigs narrate deafening silence
Scrambling desperately for crisp air
Like a dance of gesticulations for survival
But the world still lies motionless
Disconnected and indifferent
Eventually her path of life fades into oblivion
Final words are redundant
In the soft morning light
Diaphanous clouds are drifting high
The only thing left for her to do
is to say goodbye
(In memory of a tree at Kampung Hujung Alor)
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