Chen Songsomphan, Thailand
Eh! what is with your words going on, Boy?
How is the result of your thought of compromise?
Of what you say you would be a love terrorist,
Of what you say you would be on the way of democracy?
Eh! what is the non-violence protest of you?
That would lead the people to the new horizon,
And who said the poor must be the most important?
Or it merely pushes them onto the fire?
As the one who commits to provide love terrorist,
The power in you could not be resistant;
The thought inside you is so magnificent,
To risk facing the danger in the darkness.
Or that is only your outside character, Boy,
And it is deeply disappointing to your political status;
Waiting to avenge the anger hidden behind,
It will in time explode because of the poison of love.
So who! Boy, who the real-love terrorist is
Because you once shared your confidence with society,
Not now that you and your comrades give up your ideal
And turning to fight against the non-violence companies.
But that furious fire is loving fire or killing fire
Not only burning and destroying two-side opponent;
But also the future of civilization is ruined
The great idea of us will never come back again.
Eh! That kind of love now is changing to Blind Love!
And that you embrace in your arms is the darkness,
To give it to all kinds of disaster in your life
In the name of a bad-tempered devil dwelling in your mind.
Because of love, Boy, and not because of hatred
But there is a question for the cry of the sky above,
Why don’t concentrate on the context again
Maybe you can find the definition of love.
[Chen Songsomphan started writing short stories and poems quite early. He also worked as Editor of Nakorn Publishing Co. Ltd. and as Director of Writer, a magazine. He was designated as the Secretary-General of the Writers’ Association of Thailand for two terms (2007-2011) and elected as the President of the Writers’ Association of Thailand for two terms (2011-2015). He can be reached at nakornmedia@yahoo.com.]