NOTES OF A "MUSAFIR" 73

*) Choosing to be a poet means that I have to be ready to take the lonely road.

NOTES OF A "MUSAFIR" 72

*) We need time to be alone. It is a must. In solitude we usually make the best decision in this journey of life.

POETICAL EXPRESSION -1

FLOURISH EVERLASTINGLY

Everything will be crushed
Everything will be broken
Everything will become dusty

New buds will appear, flourishing the flat land

We will pray
We will sing the songs of ancestors
We will tebe*)
We will bidu**)
Circling the stones of the sacred house

A big mat will be spread out
We all will sit down
Our hearts will be soft
Our heads will be cool
Telling the truth
Recounting the wrong doings


The happiness of love will appear
The beauty of peace will be green
Flourish and flourish
Flourish everlastingly
--
June 2006

*) Tebe is a Timorese dance, usually performed by men and women in a circle by holding hands.

**)Bidu is another traditional Timorese dance, usually performed by men.

NOTES OF A "MUSAFIR" 71

*) When we do not have a big heart and an open mind, it will be very difficult for us to forgive our fellow human beings when they fall into sin.