the floods in penang

The floods in Penang

It isn't nothing new

This time it is severe

Considering the massive floods

It caught the people unaware

It caught the government too

Within 15 hours the drainage systems fail

The water overflow Penang gets it bad

The rivers in Penang

The decades of long ago

It cuts through Georgetown

The subsequent developments

The rivers were reclaimed

Shops, houses and road built on it

The map of the water disappeared

When the rain falls heavily non-stop

Penang will experience floods

Years ago it is always P Ramlee Road

When the heavy rain falls

This road will get flooded

The people can complain

The water will just come by

“You can't take my flow away!”

Penang is an island

So there will be floods today or tomorrow

As long as the flow chart is missing

The water will not suddenly disappear

It is the flow of the water

It will punish the State

For sealing up the natural flow

Now it is the warning

In time many severe floods will begin