Harun Al Nasif Biography

Butterfly Effect

My very birth sent forth a tremor
through the earth and heavens,
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Nay, I am no worshiper of nature
but as I am a bubble
floating on this earthen heaven
I just could not shake off
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Move aside, Keokra-Dong
Get out of my sight, Tazing-Dong
Let me see the sky-kissing Himalaya.
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Once my heart set itself on the flame of celestial rhapsody
with the flutter of its luminous wings of lustre
it triggered a turbulence in the firmament
smashing the sphere of stellar waves it went wild in its axial fury
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I am also a bird, a red-crested rooster.
I do have wings, but not to fly.
They are just for flapping.
Even if I can't chant a song in tune,
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