Melvin Tan is a writer from Singapore. Years ago, he found himself asking: “If I die in my sleep, what is the one thing that I want my friends to remember?” Poetry, he decided. He never looked back. The fact that he has never been to university didn’t stop him. He taught himself by reading contemporary Singapore poetry. His poems are featured by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Singapore Writers Festival, MINI Singapore, the University of Canberra and others.
The Night Is Still Young. (A Haibun)
Then and there, are here again Flashbacks The past is now the
present Memories laid to rest come back to haunt This heavy night,
sidling in the very silence A wake of sleepless thoughts “Sorry!”
I cry and cry The response is curt Sorry, echoes the Dark I regret
the chance I did not take Missing what I would never have This
chapter of my life scattered in the winds, only to surface on still
waters There is nothing I can do Time is short yet the night
is long Too quiet to sleep, I toss once more
黑夜里独白
纷乱不宁的思绪
我难以挣脱