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#480 On Your Grim Resolve (For Yong)

The fiercest indignation on your brow
That colours your defiance in fractured grace
“So young, and look at her, so shattered now!”
You see the pity writ on every face
   And yet I see the grim resolve so plain
   You will not cower, you’ll surely rise again!
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#479 On the Blasphemy of Broken Promises

The blasphemy of broken promises:
Your gift to those of us who marched to drums
In concert with your foes that you now bless
While we who kept the faith are given crumbs
   For power’s sake power is placed on pedestal
   The sheen of reformation effaced, dull.
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#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!
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#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.
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#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.