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Copyright (C) 2002 by L.M. Wong
RHYME AND REASON
VOLUME TWO
BY Dom
A
complement and continuation to the compilation, 'RHYME AND
REASON'.
Dedicated to the cherished and cheeky peeps.
Bravo ! :
You speak to one and speak to all
Our minds ye have gracefully
touched
In joy we leap and misery we crawl
But in Belief and Faith
we have much
8>)
The '99 Blues (composed in 1999) :
Then garrisons marched out to conquer
half the world ruled from the
center
with mastery of steel and agility
discipline ensured victory

in the reign of conquerors
just a few millenniums ago
The sea a vast briny divide
civilization still ruled by the tide
then
brave explorers discovered
new lands and the people conquered

their stake upon immortality
for the homeland's glory
just a few
centuries ago
Red flag and sickle brought down a throne
when planes first battled
and droned
world wars twice a century
during the first half
the
Cold War ended
just over a decade ago
We're not getting closer
even as we get older
resorted to arms

negotiations crumbled
talk in shambles
just a few years ago

News still blaring strife and scandal
weight of troubles for the willing
and able
to cleanse this world of ailments
do we seek the new
fangled or ancient ?
we're still searching
just a few days ago
Neighbourhood bustles with communal fussing
jobs, relations,
children, gossip and bragging
folks I know and don't chattering
I
have the alcohol's fire in my veins
from the drinks I had
just a few
hours ago
My thoughts flip back to friends I had
times of delight and mirth
made me glad
then commitments led us away
catch up with you
soon
I was in the past
just a minute ago
8>)
Passage Of His Reign :
Supple youth gambols with fresh breeze.
Fledgling seeds sprout first
roots.
First light flickers from the horizon.
Winds blow with a shrill.

His reign is ascending.
Seasoned vigour reads the seasons.
Roots rush to claim its share of
the earth.
Torch of day hangs midway at meridian's hour.
Winds
howl deeply.
His reign at its apex.
What was once a peak is now a plain.
The next crest yields a basin of
troughs.
Howling winds bewray cracks.
Ripe form moves with care.
Old roots are gnarled.
Light of day is a
humble blend of glow and grey.
Winds howl at slurred pace.
His
reign at its ebb.
8>)
No. 14 :
He's been up and over the hill
He's lost the horizon
He can't see the
end
to his plateau limbo

The parade of younger generations
excite him they do not
he knows
the game
the tools have long changed
he a hapless victim
of the
course of regulations
which write off able bodied people
on set
biological years
not on account of physical decline
He wastes away
He's been up and over the hill
Bereft of direction

He's lost the horizon
which guided previous phases of his life
A man in retirement
without lifelong passion
outside the sphere of
his career
hastens his own decline
He can't see the end
to his
plateau limbo
8>)
Worth Of Say :
Everybody's worth of say
heard in haunts you roam
Someone else's
worth of say
overheard as you flit by
It's not your worth of say

while you stand, watch and wait
You want your worth of say
before
pale flag's hoisted
the towel thrown
Everybody's worth of say
in each twist of rhetoric
Someone else's
worth of say
you cannot see your name
It's not your worth of say

you haven't spoken yet
You want your worth of say
before the
heart's lost
the daredevils retire
Everybody's worth of say
as you glean the scene
Someone else's
worth of say
while you keep your peace
It's not your worth of say

when others speak their mind
You want your worth of say
before
the flames flake

the embers melt
8>)
Illustration Of Melancholy:
'I saw your face , It was clouded by smoke
I grasped the smoke, and
inhaled despair
Was I too late ? Am I just in time
for one last
remorse
and to scream myself hoarse
robbed of the thrill