reminiscin'

events unfolding, countless
days leave-taking, so quickly
stories recounting, abundant
oh my, how fast time flies!

three years ago, exactly
when blogspot shajarah started
a kernel of wheat falling to the ground
dying to be birthed, live and grow

twenty years ago, exactly
when freedom and democracy was restored
now they are being taken away again
for the rule of military and men in uniform

state of national emergency declared
in memory of a new birth from a military rule