The Calm Has Brought the Storm by Latiff Mohidin

[kanzeon]

for Uda

the calm has brought the storm
the storm has brought
you here
you have chosen
to not live still
all that you hold
feels old
all you’ve forsaken
feels near
when doors are shut
you want to leave
when space is opened
you want to sit
you sit to stand
the parcel you opened
you bind again
all you request you refuse
all you snare you set free
having conformed you renounce
having won you surrender

the calm has brought the storm
the storm has brought
you here
but your room is not here
and you wander once again

(The Calm Has Brought the Storm by Latiff Mohidin, translated from Malay by Eddin Khoo)

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Heard this on BFM, in conjunction with World Poetry Day.
I prefer the Malay version, actually. (I am in the midst of finding it!)