For the Spear Long Gone
Khorjei Laang *
In the unending duel for sanitized half truths
She tells him his poems are pointedly political
In the battle for expressions wild and tamed
She tells him her stories are unduly romantic
If you ever had a sweet and ripe duologue
With the burning dragon’s spirit on the wall
You would continue to heed his prudent words
Writ crystal circled by gory war, love and deaths
Listen intently to your own tribulations
And think of the many things you had dreaded
And I will fathom and give you hundred reasons
That are sure personal, social and political
The imageries of blood ties and constructed kinship
Erect political milestones over the green fields
Forgetting will never ever be forgetting
But a reluctant attempt at not remembering
Call him the rebel sword, call him the romantic spear
He was set to saddle on the battalion's swift ponies
Heading for the terrain of the wild teaks and green olives
Not to fight the enemy in fatigue caps but to sow the seed
He had an objective to lead the fight and be true
For enduring love, for rare sanity and for dignified life
And she inks the personal lines for the long spear
To recall and enliven his love for political perspicacity
* Poem written by Khorjei Laang for Hueiyen Lanpao
This poem was webcasted on April 09 2015.
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