Yang kau perjuang
Demi merebut laba
Pangkat dan uang
#477 Tentang Kedurjanaan Yang Kini Terhalal
Ah, rupanya kau sama saja
Dengan durjana-durjana yang sebelumnya!
Dahulu kau berkhutbah garang
Tentang tangan-tangan terlarang
Merobekcarik tanpa bersilu
Mencurirompak tanpa termalu
Kini khutbah terkunci sepi
Disimpan balik tabir suami
Merobekcarik jadi terhalal
Mengaducuri jadi terbatal
Ah, rupanya kau sama saja
Dengan durjana-durjana yang sebelumnya!
#476 On Your One Last Desperate Charge
With blackened hands and blackened hearts they sought
To drive the knife into your merry band
Imperilling what you have built, hard-fought
So now you mount your steed, a final stand
To guard against the vultures looming large
You gird yourself for one last desperate charge.
#475 Tentang Melawan Deru Taufan
Kau lawan deru angin itu
Tatkala yang lain hanya akur tunduk
Kau dongakkan ingkarmu
Kau depakan bantahmu
Menafi musuh seteru
Kau bakarkan sumbu merah
Meniup api amarah
Gelojoh mereka kau sanggah
Angin taufan kau sanggup lawan
Walau tewas tiada terkorban.
#474 Tentang Lanun Penangguk
Seawal lahir
Menangguk di sungai mas
Laba terhidang.
#473 Tentang Jiwa Yang Kalah
Mana dia kekunci arti
Tiap hari masih terlemas
Kabur arah terbuntu sepi
Meski jalan terhidang jelas
Kalah jiwa kaku terbatu
Aku mahu pulang pada-Mu!
#472 Tentang Kemengahan
Mengejar hari
Aku tercicir, sepi
Mengah bermimpi.
#471 On a Middle Aged Man Reading a Star Wars Compendium in the Local Library
He stares intently at the glossy page
And flips each one with reverent, gentle care
In his mind's eye, space battles take the stage
As Jedi knights wave sabres in the air
He hums beneath his breath a soaring theme
A joyful bask amidst a boyhood dream.
#470 On Hamilton
Frenetic storytelling at its best
A thrilling tale of raw ambition's rise
A young man triumphs at every arduous test
Ascension wins him gloried Fortune's prize
At dawn he met his final, storied end
A bullet rips apart his Life's long wend.
#469 On Being Left Behind
Your eyes tell you true:
While they raced ahead, we chose
Our muddled murkdom.