Dragons In Love

I've had just enough time...   to witness dragons in love

Taken one early misty morning in Ampang Hills, Kuala Lumpur

Dragons in love

Shook the world apart

Restored the knight's faith

Weary of killing

Down sword and shield

To take up the plough

Planted seeds of hurt that

Burst into a thousand bloom

Attracted the Monarch

From far away

But the knight was not impressed

Till it bore fruits

Lemon bitter to

Squeeze on rare meats

On laid tables waiting

Till the curtains lifted

By night winds

Through open windows

The farmer toasted

Red wine

To slain ghosts

Merry laughter

Echoed from the hut

Through the night

Dragons in love shakes the world

The Song of the Lonely Drinker

I've had just enough time to...   drink alone

Taken while sitting outside a pub in Kuching with the moon and others for company

I’m a lonely drinker

Making toasts to myself

And the ghost across the table

The ghost nods with its glass

Empty it in silent acknowledgement

And no advice for me

Nor do I have need of any, for

In the company of sympathetic ghosts

Who needs noise and companions?

Drinking is best done alone

Drinking is best done alone

In one’s own company

Loneliness flavored the wine unlike any

It is silly to drink to be happy

Silly to try to drown anything

The only reason to drink is to make -

Loneliness a pleasant company