I saw waves and waves of despair today.
Story after story:
torn
at the same pages, with lost fingers
clutching,
hopeful
of one thread left untangled.
Tonight it is still and black
breathe it in
whole
before it slips
into a dawn air
that will scar your half-lung
assemble the voice
rub your eyes
grit your teeth
it's tomorrow now,
and the mangled day
begins.
RUSYAN SOPIAN is a 90's pop-music specialist, kyokushin karate student, and writer from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is his first poem.
