SEJENAK_ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE?

ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE?

By; Zurinah Hassan

Are you still playing your flute?

When there is hardly time for our love

I’m feeling guilty

To be belonging for your song

The melody concealed in the slim hollow of the bamboo

Uncovered by breath of an artist

Composed by his fingers

Blown by the wind

To the depth of my heart

Are you still playing your flute?

In the village so quiet and deserted

Amidst the sick rice field

While here it has become a luxury

To spend time watching the rain

Gazing at the evening rays

Collecting dew drops

Or enjoying the fragrance of flowers.

Are you still playing your flute?

The more it disturbs my conscience

To be thinking of you

In the hazard of you

My younger brother unemployed and desperate

My people disunited by politics

My friend slaughtered mercilessly

This world is too old and bleeding