As I ponder what Merdeka is today;
I fail to immerse in one thing;
The one thing they had aspired.

I fail to partake within the real aspirations of Merdeka;
The aspirations our forefathers endeavoured;
The aspiration they paid beyond their lives and souls.

Today’s Merdeka seem an ephemeral gala;
Their Merdeka then was only a hope;
A hope sprouting amidst perished bodies.

Their hopes never diminished though;
For they epitomised the endeavour for Merdeka;
A hope that survived beyond their perished bodies.

Neither the colours nor the celebrations of today;
Match the arduous battles they braved;
The battle that they triumphed for our pleasure.

Let the hymns of Merdeka reverberate;
Commemorating their glory;
Forgetting not our quintessential forefathers.

Mahadevan Krishnan

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