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Monday, January 09, 2006

a moment of mortality

Despite bursting full of creativity and wit today (peak of which was when my delightfully irritating teacher crackled out "I'm giving out the circulars now!", the words "Sir, but they're rectangular!" burst forth unbidden from my mouth and stunned everyone into a stupor), I have decided to pay homage to those to have made an impact in my life, after one of them brought up the memory of residing on top of the Ngee Ann City rooftop once again, and we shared in our similarly face-crackingly-so-stressed-out period of being selected for the rugby squad. Speaking of which, I'm not fishing for any compliments when I'm say, I have not feared so much for my selections as before as now, and it is becoming a increasingly scary reality that I shall not be chosen. Everything I have worked for within the last 3 years has never been rendered so meaningless, as every step I take now, clad in my jersey, seems to be without the support of my coaches and teamates, and to a certain extent, even my friends (this I admit, I crave above all)...
Unfortunately enough, this post is less about me and more about everyone else (many of you breathe a sigh of relief as your eyes, bleeding from reading my bullshit, are allowed a brief respite...)!
This song, is dedicated in (some vague) order of importance -
1) A great friend, whom soon, for the first time in 7 years that I've been (my fingers tremble with suppressed emotion/ego) blessed with his company, I shall not be in the same school as him.
1.5) My brothers in arms from the team, who I have had many memorable incidents (and accidents) with.
1.5 again) My sister. Even with my famed humility, I could only struggle out those two words before I had to insert the punctuation.
2) My teamates, whom I've let down time and time again. If the selections tomorrow do not go my way, it shall be the last time I'll let you all down...
3) My classmates (and other GEP people), another set of people I've let down if I fail in rugby.
4) Various members of the opposite sex - always ready to give me a swift kick in the nuts provided whenever they see fit (one would think by now I would get used to it).
5) Everyone else who has influenced my life for the better (teachers inclusive - the one and only time I'd mention this other than Teacher's Day...)

One Blood by Terence Jay

"In a faraway fires,
Where the hills forever burn.
At the feet of our heroes,
We try hard to learn.
But the lesson is lost there,
In the smoke and the mud.

That we are, one flesh, one breath, one life,
One blood.

I stood by the river,
That ran red with shame.
I stood in the killing fields,
Where Death had no name.
I stood with my brothers,
And awaited flood.

And We were one flesh, one breath, one life,
One blood.

Then I fell to the ground,
Tasted ashes on my tongue.
Thinking that only the dead,
are forever young.

There was peace in the twilight,
and for a moment, a morgue.
There was a road without danger,
a world without war.
Then I would take all your suffering,
it won't do any good.

Cause we are one flesh, one breath, one life,
One blood."

Not a classic, a mite cliche, but the best I could do (in what must be my shortest blog post ever). Wrote down the lyrics myself as the even the expansive World Wide Web had diddly-squat about this song.

I fear for tomorrow (or is it cold resignation?)
TO THE BATMOBILE

posted by butler at 7:54 pm
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