Into Inside

(dedicated to Ms. Katherine Ng Li Hoon, my best friend at PH) speak up speak around speak to follower unspoken, oh dear how fool we are! obey this obey that obey rules untamed, oh dear how cruel we are! scholar talk scientific talk academic talk unvoiced, oh dear how naïve we are! look around look for victim look at mistake unseen, oh dear how fragile we are! judge around judge at crime judge for money unbalanced, oh dear how sinister we are! never shout never complain never disappoint how harmonious life is! never tired never afraid never bored how melodious love is! never gone never alone never down how gorgeous death is! no more idioms no more verses no more speech let all grow instinctively no more quotes no more slogans no more doctrines let all glow distinctively no more lip services no more tricky sentences no more shameless words let all flow spontaneously as wise man says as professor says as president says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as the poet says as the artist says as the painter says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as the tycoon says as businessman says as philanthropist says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as minister says as movie star says as the celebrity says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as the trainer says as philosopher says as the mediator says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as the juror says as the doctor says as the matador says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as director says as preacher says as extremist says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as expert says as politician says as policeman says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as the actor says as the dancer says as the sculptor says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as the anchor says as the reporter says as the engineer says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as the inventor says as the designer says as the publisher says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as the postman says as the carpenter says as the fisherman says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as the feminist says as the humanist says as environmentalist says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as a musician says as a magician says as a beautician says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as the traveler says as the gambler says as the collector says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as a therapist says as a zoologist says as a psychologist says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as the author says as the explorer says as the composer says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? as the racer says as the driver says as the curator says it is not so easy to say what they’ve already done? I love you I miss you I adore you it is honestly hard to say but it is still harder to do I wish you I advice you I suggest you it is honestly hard to say but it is still harder to do I offer you I provoke you I recommend you it is honestly hard to say but it is still harder to do I really don’t want to value, no more to judge, no more to punish, no more but it is still harder to do I really don’t want to hate, no more to waste, no more to attack, no more but it is still harder to do I really don’t want to argue, no more to destroy, no more to damage, no more but it is still harder to do into ourselves into our private moment into our intimate memory can we prepare bravely to redevelop our society? into ourselves into our heart’s bottom into our deepest feeling can we prepare bravely to recharge our humanity? into ourselves into our hidden sins into our secret mistakes can we prepare bravely to rebuild our daily activity? (inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No.5)