Monday, April 13, 2020

tightening the noose

Like the slow tightening of the noose
Singapore moves towards a lockdown
My dad and I went cycling on friday. 
Monday it became illegal 
On sunday we went over to see my parents and have dinner as a family 
By Tuesday that became illegal 
First the events got cancelled 
Then the pools closed 
Then the schools 
The malls 
The beaches 
Next it may be the parks 
An injunction to stay near home

Will the noose tighten further or loosen come may 4? 
My prediction is that life will not go back to the same in may 

Nature trees flowes and children  
Without these life would be sour indeed 

The weight of a word unsaid
Hangs heavy in the air 
The tongue traces the shape of it'
Then retreats into the cave, safe.
 
It remains unsaid 
A fruit that grows heavier by day
When it falls
It may shatter the ground beneath us
Or
Leave hairline cracks that turn into ravines that 
Over time you skip over 
Lest you fall 
Into the abyss 


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