As I ponder what Merdeka is today; <br />I fail to immerse in one thing; <br />The one thing they had aspired. <br /> <br />I fail to partake within the real aspirations of Merdeka; <br />The aspirations our forefathers endeavoured; <br />The aspiration they paid beyond their lives and souls. <br /> <br />Today’s Merdeka seem an ephemeral gala; <br />Their Merdeka then was only a hope; <br />A hope sprouting amidst perished bodies. <br /> <br />Their hopes never diminished though; <br />For they epitomised the endeavour for Merdeka; <br />A hope that survived beyond their perished bodies. <br /> <br />Neither the colours nor the celebrations of today; <br />Match the arduous battles they braved; <br />The battle that they triumphed for our pleasure. <br /> <br />Let the hymns of Merdeka reverberate; <br />Commemorating their glory; <br />Forgetting not our quintessential forefathers.<br /><br />Mahadevan Krishnan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/reverberating-hymns-of-merdeka/
