The Muruku Murmurations

After writing with nature influences, I started using more space references and it has been one of the things that have always fascinated. 2019 has been a good year of writing for me and it is high time I get back into it. Darling mi Amor,   May the morning light recharge you with the might to fight all the way till the night.   May everything work in your favour right from the beginning till the end.   May all your plans take flight, smoothen out every plight and your motivations and passions glimmer bright to pull you through.   May you set your sights on mountains high, course through rivers of the valleys low and dive with waterfalls with determination and strength.   May sunshine line your thoughts like silver linings that never fade, ever shimmering and glimmering around your bright ideas and dreams.   May twilight give to the spur of inspiration you need as you wake into every new day and the stars guide your heart to constellations that you can call...

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. This is how I love the people that I choose to love. When it is someone I value and cherish, it's all the cards on the table, no games, no regrets. Prompt 25: And that is how I say, ”I love you” And that is how we say "I love you". How do you express your love? Tell us. This Valentine's I would like to love Love you like there is no tomorrow Love you like tomorrow is today Love you like today will not end Love you like the ending is the beginning Love you like it's the beginning of every journey Love you like this journey never stops Love you like stopping is not an option Love you like options are relative Love you like relatives love their favourites Love you like my favourite daydream Love you like dreams are real Love you like real time is relative Love y...

This piece was inspired by a photo taken by Julian Penissi Being in the dark is something that is familiar to me, be it literally or metaphorically. It can be disturbing, uncomfortable and even scary but there is always a sense of strength and boldness especially to hope for when you get out of the darkness. When you walk in the darkest valleys, Down the narrowest alleys, Through the longest tunnels, In the midst of your troubles.   Know that I will walk with you, Till you see a glimpse of light, I'll hold your hand, With you, I will stand.   We will wield our swords, and hold firm our shields, We will fight, Till we wipe out our enemy's fields.   - Swit Marie 0613H 23rd July 2019 TMM HQ

I wrote this piece for a friend, reflected on who I got to know this year and how things don't always turn out the way we want it to when we were younger but there is always potential and leaps and bounds to grow. Dear diary,   I am looking through yearbooks to find a little insight on who you are, a glimpse of a lifetime in suspension.   Annual yearbook pictures of the classes you do not fit into where moments of untimely expressions were captured to last for what seems like eternity.   Represented desires and impressions made by carefully chosen quotes and phrased aspirations to shape us as our fantasied avatars.   Interest in clubs, sports and councils that embodied the activities and movements your passions scouted for, swimming through currents of cliques safeguarding social standings to survive the pubescent wilderness.   You know at graduation, people always talk about eagles but not crows, those who soar but not scavenge, the glorified and not the surviv...

I wrote this piece for Julian, he was a comet that I didn't want to part with. We had a good run together and made our way to being the moon where we met every quarter but we wanted to be the sun that greets us every day. This was the moment. I realised I didn't want this to be fleeting as a comet passing. Not one where the orbit would be an alignment of chance that would only happen once in a lifetime. I wanted this to be a constant like the sunrise, the first light I see embracing the horizon. A seamlessly effortless constant that gives us a chance of recurring happiness. - Swit Marie 0911H 4th August 2019 Byron Bay

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. This piece was inspired by Netuno's beats. We love the ocean and turtles. The water carries energy and being in the ocean creates this unexplainable sensation of change and breath. Prompt 16 : My Nights Are Filled With Night time is always filled with emotions, memories, thoughts. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. What are your nights filled with? #WELPPACT #PACT2 Dancing stars and flying amoebae Swift in its abysmal away Sitting through the Milky Way Prancing far into time, space and synth waves. Dreaming in Neptune's song A voice where spaceships belong Weaving its throttle behind strong willed hands that tap its fingers along with bobbleheads of astronauts. Discovering the mind field of debris Streamlines of interstellar realities Mixed into multiple parallel galaxies Lay...

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. I wrote this song for a dear friend of mine, it is one of those connections that is one of a kind. Much like a Parabatai bond. 'A  parabatai  is a pair of Nephilim warriors who fight together as lifelong partners, bound together by oath, regardless of their gender. Their bond is not reflected only in their closeness and willingness to lay down their lives for one another, but also in oath—one sworn in front of the Council.' Update: I performed this song at Jack It!'s 3rd Anniversary show in 2019 with Julian Penissi. We worked composing the song when he visited KL last year. We recorded it in January but it still needs a lot of work before completion. Prompt 11: You Are So Once you love someone enough, you'll notice things about them which were not seen before. Some...