It is better to burn out
than to fade away
(Neil Young)
...
my interpretation
...
It is better to die in one second
than to die slowly
or
the fireworks that light up the sky brilliantly
than a dull candle that burns itself slowly
...
then again
some say
it may be sweeter to linger in the dust
...
Straits of Melacca at Melacca ...
