Friday, July 14, 2006cuppycake blogged at:4:53 AM


On Going Unnoticed

As vain to raise a voice as a sigh
In the tumult of free leaves on high.
What are you in the shadow of trees
Engaged up there with the light and breeze?

Less than the coral-root you know
That is content with the daylight low,
And has no leaves at all of its own;
Whose spotted flowers hang meanly down.

You grasp the bark by a rugged pleat,
And look up small from the forest's feet.
The only leaf it drops goes wide,
Your name not written on either side.

You linger your little hour and are gone,
And still the wood sweep leafily on,
Not even missing the coral-root flower
You took as a trophy of the hour.

By Robert Frost.

This scene is not at a faraway land...near to us, yet so far..Kranji War Memorial..yep, my P4 pupils and I visited Kranji War Memorial on a cloudless sweltering afternoon..it was eerily quiet....as I gazed at the thousands of names engraved on the wall, tears started to trickle down my face...as to hide the sudden grief, I hurriedly turned my back on them and wiped the tears away while the guide's voice droned continuously...haiz....erti hidup..
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