FLIGHT

Pitter patter the raindrops scurry down the pitted asphalt

Rivulets down the gentle slope of a road well washed

Gurgling through the drain, yellow rambutans bobbing along

A misty aromatic blanket cast over the dewy green and black

Enshrouding the pasars and kampungs and homes of Johor.

Joyous in finding a firm stone beneath the foot

Weary from hijra across the kala pani

I made my salam to a land that no longer loved me

A bitter farewell, a traumatic divorce, a smiling stewardess

I nervously embraced homelessness.

https://youtu.be/GJleW4TCQM0

INKTOBER 2: SCURRY/"FLIGHT"

MUSIC: Negeraku, the National Anthem of Malaysia

VIDEO: "The Prince of Egypt", 1998, Dreamworks - "The Plagues" scene (a GLORIOUS FILM)

"Of all God's earth, thou art the dearest place

unto me and the dearest unto God, and had not my people driven me out from thee I would not have left thee."