Balik Kampung

Sight

I peak outside 

To the road beside

At the sight of concrete

The construction roadside

The red and white plastic strips

Separates the traffic 

And the worksite

And the group of foreign workers

Carry their tasks with might

The never ending road works 

The muddy filled turfs

The muddy filled city

A reminder of the 

Forever Emerging title

Kay-Ell is given

Sound

The LRT line buzzing by

Motorcylicts revving through

The cold AC air whistling

And 94.5fm DJ’s voices discussing

Team Raya Kampung or Raya Bandar?

While my car engine humms 

As it stood in standstill traffic

Sentiments

I smile

And think to myself

There is no place like home

I wouldn’t trade 

this organized chaos

For any other Kampung

My Kuala Lumpur 

My Turf

My City

My Muddy Chaotic Confluence 

#teamrayabandar