BUANASENI

Staring at the Ceiling Above

I see stars shining up above

Their glitters not emitting hope

Shimmering an episode

Of what shall explode

And what will implode

What else I am to load?

For a blurry end of a road

Take a knife and slaughter a goat

Will God hand me a rope?

So that can I climb up the slope

Or get onto a boat

I see stars shining up above

Their glitters may still emit hope

I hope (so)

As I stare at the ceiling above

By Jo Haq

30 October 2023

9:42 pm

Bukit Jelutong

Hello! Kawan

Hello! Kawan

Lama tak dengar pesanan

Apa khabar gerangan?

Sihat lagikah ingatan?

Atau bermuram panjangan?

Jangan asyik terperuk sakan

Nanti tumbuh cendawan

Dan beranai-anai kekayuan

Janganlah hiraukan kuman

Atau pedulikan vaksin labunan

Ingat sahaja pahit kopi jantan

Berhirup cangkir dengan kawan (ini)

Berlawak dan bersembang-sembangan

Fasal keluarga, hari terdahulu dan Tuhan

Semoga sempat bermaafan

Kerana Dia penentu umur kita insan 

Yang asyik dalam renungan

Oleh Jo Haq

18 Oktober 2023

Brickfields

Kesabaran

Aku berjalan di lorong-lorong

Di malam yang murung

Memikirkan apa yang harus dilakukan

Untuk menebus apa yang diperlukan

Serabut kepala apabila dikepong

Dan aku benci dikongkong

Perlukah apa-apa rumusan?

Lorong itu tetap juga sama

Mungkin hanya ditukar nama

Maka tidak perlulah aku membuang masa

Kerana rindu itu membara

Kerana rindu itu sengsara

Kerana rindu itu sentiasa

Kerana dia milik Dia

Oleh Jo Haq

10 Oktober 2023

10:47 pagi

Brickfields

Satu Perenggan Kritikal Peringatan Kepada "Korang"

Janganlah "korang" lupa jasa kami dikala "korang" tinggalkan ibu pertiwi masing-masing untuk menjadi pekerja lombong dan estet di Tanah Bani Tamin, dan apabila Tuan Penjajah pergi meninggalkan "korang", tidakkah Raja-Raja kami membenarkan "korang" menghuni rumah baharu dimana sungai, hutan, ikan dan hasil buminya kaya bukan seperti tanah kontang bumi empat musim atau tanah sendat dan padat "korang" dahulu?

Oleh Jo Haq

4 October 2023

8:31 pagi

Bukit Jelutong

The Rhythm of Time

Time is .....

But the ultimate luxury

For us to savour

All of life's flavours

Yet that luxury becomes agony

When what had combusted

Burns and stains 

What is meant to live for

What is ordained to die for

When we listen

It seems superficially silent

But deep in that open air

We hear the metronome

Guiding the rhythm of the heart

Galloping us up a hill

So that we stand tall

Looking down the cliffs

Letting go,

..... of what should go

Letting past,

..... what shall come to past

Giving the narrative

In what sense we are to make

Of this colourful world

That often (life) is monochrome

But usually is melodious

Just because

We need that chorus

To reach that final chords

And strike that last note

That shall end

The rhythm of time

By Jo Haq

26 September 2023

12:26 am

Bukit Jelutong