#textinthecitysg SUBMISSION OF THE WEEK Atop Marina Bay Sands At Night by Seng Removed from time, they sleep in the shadows of quiet ripples. Trees like aeroponics in death reach out for black magic in the wind. Upon illuminated water, the Jacuzzis white foam rushes like dreams across this sea high in the night sky, the glamour of city lights down at its feet. Is this the end of all fights? This man-made paradise detached, where dreams of success meet their apotheosis? Where even as clear waters flood towards the heavens they need no Ark? Because in this microcosm of glitz and power of the internationally rich, they are elevated warm and safe! From the sweat and ridiculous fancies of the poor, from the cold turbulence of the roaring winds of our time. Here, pedigree daughters of elegant childhoods are protected and proud. Here where I am reminded of the cold truth of marriages of the ravishing and the rich upon this tropical beach lost somewhere in the clouds. View the original at https://textinthecity.sg/poems/756 Stand a chance to win $1500 worth of cash and prizes and to have your poem be part of a special poetry notebook when you submit a poem about a place in Singapore to our Text In The City app or to textinthecity.sg!
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:45:25 +0000