Paint me by daylight,

your brushstrokes sure and fast.

Finish me by moon rise, before 

The pale light erases my canvas,

before she covers me in black

painted white again with dawn. 

 

Paint me in lightness, with highlights and

summits. Gentle wind and birdsong. 

Colour me with sunlight, bright unfading.

Nightfall stains, doubt arising. Will your paint 

transcend the two faces of my coin? 

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Back home in Malaysia, I've got two furry friends, Dixie and her baby Lilac who's turning one in human years.

Mum and I took Dixie off the streets as a puppy, and she's been with us for seven years. But that wild, free-ranger spirit of hers still comes through even today. And apparently, Lilac has inherited it even though she was born in our home.

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