"The journey of life" by Yusuf Martin

The journey of life

By Yusuf Martin

consciousness.

stretch
ambulate.

zeit
escorting
geist.

stride
longer
longer
strides.

reaching

brushing
stars
planets
galaxies
multi-verses

consciousness

sojourn
journey
sojourn
journey

be there
da-sein
presence
existence

transcend
consciousness

self
i
me.

pack
identity
into smaller
suitcases

sail
towards
illumination
completion

return to
cogito
ergo
sum.

© 2008 Yusuf Martin

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Old Hippy, former bookbinder repairer and restorer, dustman, road sweeper, factory worker, mental hospital porter, graphic designer, digital artist, social worker, guest curator at one of London’s most prestigious museums, now exclusively writes short stories and essays from his country home overlooking lakes in the South East Asian countryside.

Yusuf Martin was born in London but lived mostly in East Anglian, England, briefly in India and has finally retired and settled in rural Malaysia, amidst the water buffalo and civets.

He has written several short stories published in collections in Malaysia including Silverfish New Writing 5 (2006); Silverfish New Writing 7 (2008); Urban Odysseys, due shortly from MPH; and an essay for New Malaysian Essays 2, due next year by Mata Hari.

Yusuf is currently putting the finishing touches to a book of short stories about kampung life in Malaysia (Kampung Tales) , writing more fantasy stories about a bomoh (shaman) called Melvyn, magic and ghosts (Melvyn the Bomoh) and a novel based upon his social work experiences (The Unsocial Worker).

Yusuf's sites:
http://mondaymelvyn.blogspot.com/
http://fatmankampung.blogspot.com/
http://correspondences-martin.blogspot.com/