PINKLOSOPHY

The 'Mythy' Merlion

Blinded by aesthetics,
Heralding its culture with glory.
Idolising its iconic status,
is a mere ignorance
with an upmost complacency.
He should have asked,
He should have known.

What lies within this myth,
Glazed with culture,
Its scales battered with merciless grit
Gorged by vultures.
He should have asked,
He should have known.

Sunk by the stars
Of democracy, justice and equality.
Pierced by the crescent of immaturity,
Spewing blood of brotherhood and love.

Does it resonate the sinking of a boy,
Who threatened the reign of a king...

Does it resonate the sinking of a freedom fighter,
Who threatened the regime of our land...

He should have asked,
He should have known.

After Edwin Thumboo's Ulysses by the Merlion