www.colincampbell.org all text copyright colin w campbell
updated
29 June
2009
At the End of the Day
A long day of excitement and celebration was drawing to a close in the court of the
First Lord of the Great Western Desert. The dancers were long gone. One old blind
musician remained. His familiar tunes were now competing with the dry evening winds
that were already gathering strength.
With dusk beckoning, the First Lord stood apart
from the few courtiers that remained. Quietly he looked far out into the final moments
of the sunset on the great desert. Those who knew him well saw something was changing
in his posture. Was age or tiredness finally catching up with the great warrior?
Few
dared to approach uninvited, but his old Chancellor had been on many campaigns with
his Lord and they were like brothers. He spoke quietly as he drew close. "My Lord
we have been through much together. You have won many great battles. Our ancient
enemy is defeated. His lands are now your lands. The war is won and today we celebrate.
But why do you now seem so sad?"
"Ah, old Chancellor. If only it were so easy. At
heart we are men of action but now there is all the paperwork."
"Paperwork my Lord?"
"Yes
loyal old friend. We have won the war but now we have to sit down and rewrite all
the history."
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Windsong
faraway grasslands
where summer horizons
listen to windsong
autumn wind in tall trees
swaying together as they
listen to windsong
birds in the winter
stop flying at sunset to
listen to windsong
breeze getting stronger
sometime today we should all
listen to windsong
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Thank you for visiting Colin's personal website. Here you can read short stories (some very short) and poetry from the eclectic pen of an emerging writer. Colin is originally from the UK but this lucky old dog now divides the year between homes in the east Malaysian state of Sarawak on the seriously beautiful, tropical island of Borneo and in Yunnan, an exotic frontier province faraway in the southwest of China.
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Poems in Chinese (rollovers in pinyin and English)
The Fat Guy's Birthday (pantoum) Published Twisted Tongue Magazine12, Jan 2009.
The Maze (short story) Runner-up Adult Creative Writing Competition 86, Oct 2008.
Wednesday 25 Feb 2009 -
(Poetry) Morning Mist, Reflection, Living Ocean, Wind Hides, Guardians of the Shoreline, Sand Sleeps, Santubong Sunsets, Summer Breeze, Midnight Sun, Smelly Doufu is Cooking in Yunnan's City of Eternal Spring, Hearing Burns, Shadow on the Ground.
(Stories) At the End of the Day, Penelope's Poisonous Plan, The True Friend of Fairy Farndale.