STANDING ON THE JETTY
I stand on the waterfront
Seeing them off one by
one
Those boats
As they sail to the river
of age
To the ocean of time
As I have said at the
jetty
Be careful my children
May you anchor on the
best land,
This is your only boat
Keep your sail afloat
Standing on the jetty
I told my children
The ocean is a challenge
MARRIAGE
–
one woman’s opinion
one woman’s opinion
Marriage
is the difficulty
is the difficulty
Of
changing routine and priorities
changing routine and priorities
That
makes you less yourself
makes you less yourself
And
a woman has to be less herself
a woman has to be less herself
In
order to be more a woman
order to be more a woman
Marriage
to a woman
to a woman
Is
a protection
a protection
For
her who dares not live
her who dares not live
on
her own identity
her own identity
It
is too costly and too risky
is too costly and too risky
I hope i could be a malay and english poet one day. I love your way of writing.