A Tribute To The Intrepid Kris

A TRIBUTE TO THE INTREPID KRIS
by Warina Sushil A. Jukuy

The Crescent glows resplendent

Alas! the Kalis tis now broken!

Is this the same ancient Kris?

Seems alien now, how strange

(To my bleary memory forgotten)

What is the nature of this Rapier?

Forged from the First Falcate

Created in its pristine state

Rust too meek to even graze

Dared to touch solely by palms chaste

Who has dared break such sacred relic?

Staunch defenders been overcome by Slumber

No sentinel ever borne with recklessness

Neither piercing vision ceased to ruminate

Nor their hearts ever wavered but a moment

The sterling blade sheathed into cheats

Encrusted scabbards by bastards deluded

Duped by mules, betrayed by traitors

Conned by spurious coins, by swindlers dwindled

Shrunk and shriveled yet never thwarted

That forsaken Scales long ago toppled

now rendered extinct worthless to even tip

Trounced we flounce kris a-swishing

Trudging we soared against rough current

Pouncing we feinted with unleashed abandon

The vulnerable sullied not by our sacred Foil

Nobility intact we paid homage to The Originator

Witness Our blood ooze against splayed limbs

Strewn torsos hacked, cranium chopped,

Nauseous stench, such horrendous sight

Helmets hovered like vultures over carcass

Nestled against Earth's cavernous mound

Witnessed by the Martyred, the rascals blind

Gawked at the mottled hallowed ground

The engulfing schism borne confusing dissension

Over Four decreed we shall as one converge

Transgress not the Limits set by The Criterion

Throughout centuries remain unfettered

Unshackled relinquish libertine's Doubt

To oblivion

Desist to depreciate The Immutable

Scale not the heights where Wisdom

With Knowledge merge to coagulate

Defy not the Zenith to plunge into Nadir

Seek Perfection in the bedrock of humility

Cleanse your filth by His Infinite Mercy

Greed has corroded the verdant Creed

The Kris took the plunge it smashed

Into smithereens of blasted dust

It dissipated into leering barrels

Fashioned of Steel like mangosteens

Savor the toxic pulp as it lethally bursts

The Crescent glows as it smolders

Nay! the Kalis shall never be broken!

It is the same ancient Kris

Seems alien now, how strangely spirited

Animatedly stoking my blurry memory

Against a mirage of haunting solstice

Relentlessly

Witness Our blood ooze against splayed limbs

Strewn torsos hacked, such horrendous sight

Helmets hovered like vultures over carcass

Nestled against the Earth's cavernous mound

Witnessed by the Martyred, the rascals blind

Gaped at the mottled hallowed ground

The Kris is forged indeed from Lunar Light

Stolidly indomitable to any annihilator

Innumerable blades shamelessly infringed

Vilified, impaled yet still resurrected

With a life of its own it thrives fearlessly

In the Sanctuary of Rare Intrepid Hearts

The Kris knows not Death except its Owner

Once again from the Crescent's Twilight

Amazingly

The Mythical Kris looms once more

Like the eternal sunset eager

To brace each sunrise

wistfully

Against a mirage of a tipping Solstice

Relentlessly

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SuLu Waves: UNBOUND

______________ For comments and suggestions: Email us at feedback@insidemindanao.com or send us a message thru our MESSAGE TO THE EDITOR portion on our homepage	Sug: Alun Limaya (Sulu Waves: Unbound) Radio Program with Warina Sushil A. Jukuy aired via Inside Mindanao Internet Radio and DXMM Sulu/Tawi-Tawi Sug: Alun Limaya Episode 5 Features a young Tausug teacher, artist from Patikul, Sulu. His vision of peace and healing the land for the next generation runs in fluidity with his musical compositions. Sug: Alun Limaya Episode 4 – Interview clips on women entrepreneurs and their personal aspirations – Young men air their personal views on Pandami and Pata Sug: Alun Limaya Episode 3 Fadzrama Mohammad–Daud of Justice Peace Integrity of Creation (JPIC) lends an empowered voice for a muted voice of an oppressed woman who is unaware of her rights as a human being in Islam. Ms. Daud further talks on mankind's injustice to the environment, thus, the climactic and Divine consequences. Sug: Alun Limaya Episode 2 Features the following: – Live uncut interview & performance of Bong Pelaez & daughter – Old lyrical composition of Dr. Benjamin Bangahan – Interview clips of market vendors and some youthful voices Sug: Alun Limaya Episode 1 Features substantive rights of Muslim women students (Hijab vis–a–vis pursuit of nursing career). The song before the extro is from the Ulangig Pamukaw (Awakening Echoes) Album from composer AbduRashid "Bong" Pelaez. The song entitled "Mabutas Da Kamu" (Ultimately You'll Separate) is an allusion to the inevitable separation of the material and spiritual bodies of every human being. Mr. Pelaez is the founding chairman of the United Tausug Artists Group in Jolo, Sulu. BACK TO ARCHIVED AUDIO FILES
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