Common Melody

Balcony moods Morning offering; Song of bird duo By the yard edge Bird frolic twitter; A cheery quartet Song fills dawn Sunlight slants; Window view sparkles Last night's rain Wet grounds betray; Uneven footsteps traced Joy after sorrow Traces of old grief; Ushered out abruptly Old sepia memories Silver nitrate etchings; Old time photography Haunting faces preside Mother and father; Yesterday's courtesy Today flings Doors wide open; Strangers in paradise Prayers on altars Everywhere we go; Living burying the dead Can you hear Sounds of old strains; Voices calling in echoes This life we live Takes sterner stuff; Hope feeds effort Do you notice A common melody; Swirling time after time Mundane routines Calls time for after shocks; Trauma feeds norm When I listen Do I hear Sounds in the silence Trip to market Buy and sell; Barter for things Hate is fear exposed Let love attend trade; Poverty lives painful hatred Look up and see Dawn in a flash; Insight reveals truth Leon Enriquez 15 July 2014 Singapore