Black silence of predawn
Then the slow, audible ebbing
of faint lavender hues
upon the horizon
A ombré effect begins
abruptly
Then birdsong breaks
Gentle chirps,
persistent twittering,
a shrill cry that soars far up high
The wind joins in the cacophony
At a different, husky frequency
Rustling palm fronds,
the waters,
that lap against broad longkang sides
Yet another, and another, plane booms low
Everyone wants to land now
to grasp a full day
in the punishing rhythm of
this city
The sky now swathes of full light
the mystery and privacy of dark
lifts
and is no more
I stop chasing pace
and start to truly hear
start to truly see
The images and sounds
just past and now present
mingle
in my mind
I then start to truly savour
this short journey
Facebook Comments