KELLIE'S CASTLE
Batu Gajah
Along the banks of a river she stands
This unfinished work of a man;
Surveying the world from a hill
Unchanged, as if time stood still.
This is the house that Kellie built;
This is the incomplete
Chef d'oveure of a man--
Lost in a timeless land.
Stand quietly on her floors
For she has her tale to tell
Make no sound whilst you walk
Listen to her as she talks
For this is Kellie's masterpiece
A beauty that was never born
Still beautiful, still strong
This vision never truly formed
Walk her roof and gaze around you
Look far and wide and do not hide
The beauty of the land that surrounds you
Shall surprise and astound you.
For this was Kellie's vision
This was his sight, to survey the land
To be lost in it's sight....
To watch the world in flight
Walk from room to room
And touch her walls
Feel the soul within the mortar
Sing plaintively from within her tomb
For this castle houses Kellie's soul
Her unfinished walls; his tale not told,
One thing becomes painfully apparent here
No man can finish his life's work in just a lifetime.
by Yudisthra G on the 9th May 1997
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