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The White Dark
Behind me, A candle sinks Into a pool of wax. Beyond me, The moon rises. Above black mountains- Carboard cutouts propped against a grey expanse. And the moonlight, Bathes me in pure white. I yearn to sit here, To stop the sand slip through my fingers. But you turn and whisper- "Can you not hear the silence wail?" I feel the darkness once more.
The Nine Muses
"In Greek mythology, the Muses (Greek Μοῦσαι , Mousai : perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root * men- "think") are a sisterhood of goddesses or spirits, their number set at nine by Classical times, who embody the arts and inspire the creation process with their graces through remembered and improvised song and stage, writing, traditional music and dance. They were water nymphs, associated with the springs of Helicon and with Pieris, from which they are sometimes called the Pierides . The Olympian system set Apollo as their leader, Apollon Mousagetes . Not only are the Muses explicitly used in modern English to refer to an inspiration, as when one cites his/her own artistic muse, but they are also implicit in the words "amuse" or "musing upon". they are the daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, goddess of memory. For Alcman and Mimnermus, they were even more primordial, springing from Uranus and Gaia. Pausanias records a tradition o...
In south East ASia
well, this small country(Negara Brunei Darussalam) clenched like a jade jewel by the malaysian states of sabah and sarawak is mostly famous for its bounty of black gold...and its rich sultan...but truly this is one of asia's best kept secrets.Do u know what the best thing i discovered about this country is?it has 70% of its land covered with virgin rainforests!!!....giving in to the call of the green yonder,i recently walked right into those untrammeled jungles.
