the footprints 3

Down to traffic jams

The city of dreams

The way people think about it

Make the money and split

So he arrived

The building uncompleted

The tallest building then

He wished he knew

An old former colleague said

Finding accommodation wasn't a problem

As he arrived in the city

He couldn't find

Maybe he didn't try harder

He came he saw he returned

Within the same day and night

He was at lost for a while

The second attempt he found

A place to stay for a while

Though he didn't like the place

He had to put it up for now

Working in a new place

He found he had to adjust

Slowly he got the routine

Everyday inspecting the building

The businessmen he met

Arranging for the supplies

It was quite an experience

Living in the city

The years on the hill

It could dull in his mind

Now in the vibrant city

He had to chase with time

Season gone season begun

The building was done

He got himself a nice room

In the center of the town

Now the beginning

With his new love he found

Together they carved out their footprints

Amongst the locals they met

Years gone swiftly

New building came

The traffic jams became worst

At the roundabout

Night market in the center

It was a walking distance

A leisurely walk finding out fruits

And stalls selling many foods

People talked about legends

The islands of the State

He didn't pay much attention

Even land sold for a cow

Those were the years

He didn't want to reach it

An opportunity he didn't grab

So were those around him

He heard some gone over

Getting good pay and bonuses

For the islands then wasn't known

Many were reluctant to ship there

So he stayed on the mainland

Watching the years gone....

He didn't make a lot

He felt he was contented

The economic turbulence

It hit him in the bull eyes

He woke up to find the problem

What happened he lost his job?

Then he realized

Everything couldn't be there

It has to evolved and changed

So he worked harder...

Even that wasn't enough

One has to play smart

In this game of economic survival

It isn't for the weak mind

He got some poison pen letters

Degrading him for what he did

Though he thought he knew whom

Those were the friends he knew

One was close to him

The man he knew back in their younger days

Before he left he admitted his plot

He even told him who were the others

So he learned as well as he could

One shouldn't trust a person 100%

One must maintain a 10% to hold it

In the years it stood him good...

He learned it too

Not every one wanted to dirty hands

So he showed them going down the drain

Eventually every one in the group came

Show by example

Nobody can run away

Say what you want to do

Do it and keep the promise

He remembered one incident

A hardworking guy got killed in a car accident

He told him to drive carefully

The guy just smile then he was gone

A head on collision

He died on the spot

He could remember his name

And his smile as he drove away

Nobody could predict life

How it would turn out to be

Today, tomorrow and beyond

Only yesterday one could say

In between his job

He met the former prime minister

He managed to get his autograph

And a picture shaking his hand

Those years in his job

He met a few umno leaders

Police officers of the State

Then it was time to move on

Back to the old town

Far from the city life

He was there

And the woman of his life