The War is here
This prose was delivered during the Artists Against Tyranny online event on Dec 11th 2021 as a recorded poetry performance. This writing is inspired by the suffering of Myanmar people who got detained, tortured, displaced or affected by the war that is happening around the country. Despite all the struggle, we are still fighting on and holding on to our vision, staying united and undefeated.
The sins of unsolved affairs engulfed the frail mortality and vandalized the roots where it all began.
The debris dressed up the corpses with the premature taste of death.
Blood thickening with tears, solidified the feeling neglected in the traumatized hearts.
In a rush of despair, time seemed to witness the subtle exchange of fragile glances.
For the courage you braced, you seem to forget childhood dreams were meant to be beautiful.
At the line you chose to cross, romanticizing a freedom with a fixated young heart, the paralytic scene spread cruelty with a cancerous touch.
Courage couldn’t promise your voice the blessing of victory
When the bomb fell and the trigger pulled,
You were finding answers to a vaporized existence at all the wrong places.
