Form Four Poem In The Midst of Hardship by Latiff Mohidin At
dawn they returned home their soaky clothes torn and approached
the stove their limbs marked by scratches their legs full of
wounds but on their brows there was not a sign of despair The
whole day and night just passed they had to brave the horrendous
flood in the water all the time between bloated carcasses and
tiny chips of tree barks desperately looking for their son’s
albino buffalo that was never found They were born amidst
hardship and grew up without a sigh or a complaint now they are
in the kitchen, making jokes while rolling their ciggarete
leaves In this poem, the poet tells of the situation of a farmer
and his family. They come back at dawn after being out in the
floodwater for a day and night. They are looking for their
albino buffalo. They come back wet and hurt but they do not show
any despair. They have been born into a life of hardship and
have never complained. Now, they are in the kitchen and they
joke and talk while preparing to r