thecreativespace
Tiny beads of light casting on me
My writings roam headless in search
of dreams in a phoenix cage far away
where freedom promises sunstone wings
My writings roam headless in search
of rejected longings in a glass box
where freedom promises sunstone wings
and shattered pages do not exist
Rejected longings in a glass box
throw themselves in the air, hoping
that shattered pages do not exist
in this world guised in plastic smiles
Throw themselves in the air, hoping
I will forget the repeating exorcism
by this world guised in plastic smiles
seeking stars for others before self
I long to forget the repeating exorcism
surfing on a shalom sanctified journey
seeking stars for others before self
will my musings take me to eternity?
Surfing on a shalom sanctified journey
marked by monstrous inflammation
Let my musings take me to eternity
As the light continues gleaming on me
(Angelina Bong is a poet and visual artist. She represented Malaysia at the 3rd Delphic Games 2009, Jeju Island, South Korea in the Lingual Art-Poetry Category. Since then, her poetry performances have travelled abroad to South Korea, South Africa, Botswana, UK, Australia, India, Egypt and Japan with some poems translated into Malay, Korean, Malayalam, Japanese, French and Arabic. She is published online and in print including several poetry festival anthologies. Her first solo Poetry and Art Exhibition was held during a Writing-Art Residency 2018 at Toji Cultural Foundation, Wonju, South Korea. Her most recent international guest poet appearance was at the 51st Cairo International Book Fair 2020, Egypt in January 2020 before the pandemic hit. She is the winner of the Poetry-Adult category of Georgetown Literary Festival’s ‘Wake Me Up When This Is Over’ contest.)
(Image credit: Stefan Keller from Pixabay)