"The sharp knife of a short life

I've had just enough time..."


- "If I Die Young" The Band Perry


I see Beauty in many things. And like the ghosts that only speak to you if you notice them, they tell me wondrous tales. With my camera and my thoughts, I captured these as faithfully as I can to share with you. And by doing so, they gave me the reasons. And though the thousand reasons may not all be sweet and some indeed bitter; they are still reasons to live. Come to think about it, that is Life, isn't it?
Showing posts with label free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free. Show all posts

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Just A Squirrel Looking For A Nut - Part II


I've had just enough time to...   see a squirrel seduced by a plate of nuts.




I was once a free squirrel
Hunting for wild nuts in the forest
But the trees have disappeared
And nuts are hard to find
So I came to this place
Where free nuts are put on a plate
Now I’m no longer wild nor free
Just a tame slave to a plate of free nuts
Slave to free nuts when trees disappeared







Saturday, 9 June 2012

Part I – I Dreamt of Elephants




I've had just enough time to...   dream of elephants.


Found this colourful elephant during one of my aimless wandering in Bangkok



I dreamt of elephants
One stood in my way
And would not budge
No matter how I pushed
And huffed and puffed

I used all my strength plus my will
But what is it to an elephant’s bulk
There are things that cannot be pushed
Like an elephant that refused to move

I walked to the elephant’s ear
Whispered into it earnestly
And saw its eyes blinked

It listened to the stories
Dredged from my belly
Pushed itself off the ground
And walked away just like that

I dreamt of elephants and learnt
The only way you can move an elephant
Is to move its heart

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The Elephant Song - Kamahl


Tell me said the elephant 
Tell me brothers if you can 
Why all the world is full of creatures 
Yet we grow in fear of man 
Tell me said the elephant 
tell me why this has to be 
we have to run from man and hunter 
never safe and never free 







Monday, 9 January 2012

The World's Happiest Weather Vane.




I've had just enough time to...   catch the breeze with the weather vane.


Taken of a building among the padi fields in Ubud, Bali.



In the distance on top of a buiding among padi fields, I spied a weather vane made of flimsy wood, rusty metal and the dried branch of a coconut tree. It was the happiest wind vane I have ever seen. It caught the slightest breeze and waltzed along with it. When the wind leave, it let it go free and waited for another breeze.

And the happy couple on the wind vane did a celebratory dance every time the wind came a-calling with such joyous movement that I swore there are spirits in the figurines. Or my eyes deceived me.

“What is it you’re looking?”, they asked.

“Oh, nothing. Just the wind dancing free.”






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