I hear this song on the radio

Waving in the wind the last straw

I have looked up with high expectation

To my heroes in the opposition

They were for me, a senior Malaysian citizen,

An ever hopeful beacon.

I have spoken up and written down for justice

Now fast sinking into the abyss of denial

I find myself adrift in a rudderless vessel

Caught in the cross currents of turbulent waters

Waving my hands frantically to the Pakatan boat

Fading into the hazy skies of Malaysia.

Will I sea a change in the tempest

In the remaining years of my life time?

The lyrics of the song keep repeating in my ears

“Say (do) something, I’m giving up on you”

 

DAVE ANTHONY is the author of Love and Struggle beyond the Rubber Estates.