Ode to a Memory Soon to Remember

She left one morning, with the promise that she would return.
I've been counting the days I've come to speak her name.
I just keep dreaming, these days have come to end.

The sound of old guitars keep burning chords each afternoon.
Cause I've been waiting, empty with a heavy heart.
I've been left alone for far too long.

Seems only but a promise that you left behind

She left one morning, with the promise that she would return.
And I keep waiting, counting every day.
But I just wonder, if I'll get see her then.

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Worries of Change

And these lightning lives we live.
They pass us so quickly now.
Speeding faster as we grow older.

How quick can they move on,
But I just wish stay behind.
And now... I've realised...

All can change, all can end,
So briefly.

What worries then should one have?
Just live what needs be felt.

And keep the memories for later on.

White Collar Guard

I lie there somewhere along the way…

Beneath the white pale clouded sky.

If I truly was there… If I truly be there…

My shadow would not matter,

My presence would not falter.

Oh but you shall see.

I wait still.

Unmoved. Stoic.

The stains of time move down on me.

They do so through paper,

Through pen and ink not bought with gold.

Blood.

White.

Missing the crimson taint.

Flowing down as rain down drain.

It has been now accepted.

I shall remain here.

Keeping the watch I was destined to guard.

Up the Chain

I made it up to here,
The race has just begun.

Ahead darkness falls,
Ignorant of light behind.

Even the chain of fear
Comes slowly to remind,

That night covers motion,
While shadows chase my steps.

Adjacent ally, tell me,
What mortal foil are you if any?

Can you follow?
Can you heed my words?

I will strike deadly,
I will fear trembling,
I will rise vigilant...


Oh dark silhouette,
Show me fate...
Show me mercy...

Drops of the Night Sky

Tell me, did the thrill sweep you off your feet,

Was it all you wanted to find?

Did your disappointment gave it all away?

Left you bound and broken I'm afraid.

I'm just a boy in a story.

A tale that covers much ground but little glory.

Tell me, did the chain broke your horse's vest,

Was it tightly pressed against its chest?

Did you expect something other than your own?

Truth be told, there's no star shining in this night,

But trust you'll be kept locked away in the dark to fight.

Under another night sky,

Different and less likely the one you want.

Winter is Coming

A cold breeze whispers in my ear...
"Winter draws near!"

Alas, I had forgotten the calling.
Left it behind, thinking it was not something that could be so.

Now I wonder. Now I see it...
I wait for the call.

The chance to embark in the journey...
The adventure...

To travel across the sea.
Where Winter calls it Home.

Where we will also call it so...

Walls Closing in yet Dreams Still Shine, A Guardian Comes to Life

Some say doors close upon you.
But these are the choices I make.
I feel the need to stay, despite the hardships.

Despite the doors that close.

Life... I will only have one.
Family... I will only have one.
Soul... I will only have one.

Work... I can have many.

I had the need to compromise.
Now I have the need to let the chance go.

So hard to achieve the goals others want.
Yet so easy to find my own.

I'm bound in my own journey now.
A path I chose by my will.
A wife, her daughter.

They are now... my own.
A guardian in the forest.

A guardian in my dreams...
This is what I...
Now become.

Possibilities

The days roll fast as the engagement roots,
And winter approaches with a new roof
Sheltering my steed.

I do not fear the change to come,
But it does trouble me.

Beckoning to determine, to understand.
What purpose do I now hold?

This alliance is more than just
Destinies intertwined,
More than mere coincidence or luck.
It is my will.

But will my will take us away?
Far to distant lands...

I'm still wondering.
I'm still thinking.

Losing a Part of Her

Nightmares don't come welcomed in my rest nights,
And tears only once had awaken me...

It was something so forbidden,
It was something so disturbing...

For I ran... and oh, I ran...

And in my hands I had part of her...

It was dying... it was broken...

Find a safe house, find a mender.
For that... I ran.

But I was somewhere lost in thoughts...
Lost in dreams...
Running from scene to another,
Not finding proper destination.

Soon the echoes of ticking in the empty space above
Reminded me that blood can quickly leave your veins.

My guiding star had fallen,
Her loving grace existence now in question.

What would I do...
Who in that dream world would understand the implications?

Sadly... no one did. No one noticed. No one cared.

I tried to explain it... I tried to share it...
But each word cascaded desperation down my throat...

I could not live then... my mind... lost...

So I stopped dreaming, weeping in silence.
Weeping in shame.

For I had lost my way when I was the only one awake...

Far Journeys

Stole away from your memory.

A journey far from over.

Brothers lost and found,

Only to be lost again.

This is how it all began.

This is how it all was.

I rode amongst the crowds,

A stranger in a distant land.

A foreigner, a traveler.

One who yearns for home,

Who dreams of his love.

These are those places,

Both good and bad,

She will never see.

I could bring her back with me?

Back where?

She ponders on simple landscapes,

Close to Mother Earth.

Near Father Sun.

Maybe someday, maybe one day...

I will not have to travel alone.

Memories of Holland Park

A forest in the city...
A park filled with life.
Today I walked it's paths.
Tomorrow I'll remember it's grass.

I sit and stare as people go by.

I read.

I write.

But too early is the day.
Too bright is the summer sky.

Will I remember it all?
I can always take back home things I find in the way...

I can always pretend I will not forget.

A forest in the city... a world of it's own.

Fishing Dreams with Rings

And so my promise comes undone,

With a new stream bed making it's way.

My fate intertwined in a heavy flow.

I guess all I can say is... I am ready to take this river.

I am ready to take this home.

One promise to myself broken. A few words to spare only.

'No loss but face', a Thai would say with a smile.

But, I assure you, this all will hold more value as time runs by.

For it already pays kindly...

It already pays dearly... in loving gold.

Fates united. Fates unknown.

It is time to find the ring... it is time to rule them all.

Lost in my Bubble

How impossible does it seem?
There is no such thing as reality here.

Deep in the depths of the best dream,
They both fill heart with loving grace.

Yet, I still feel lost.
Yet, I still feel without accomplishment.

Nothing can satisfy the hunger.
The hunter's need.

There must be prey for this hunt in these lands I now roam...

This lioness' pet cannot stay still in these calm waters.
It needs to kill.

Swim against the tide,
Feeling the resistance pushing me back,
And ripping through the bubble...

The Approaching Fate

Be wary,
Here it comes.

Listen to the whispers,
Be watchful of the falling stars.

A wish, just a thought, can travel light years back and forth.

There are nights painted crowded,
Given life by the hundreds.

Follow the lines,
Take what you can.

Remember you will carry it for a long long time.

When I go weary,
My legs drift me home will.
Aside from worlds yonder,
Eying one life we could have after the other.

It seems I tend choose, the heavy soul path.

So I pay for my previous life sins.
Following the passion fate has granted me.
This passion, this mission,
Is but the path to redemption I've brought to my plate.

The approaching fate that answers my call.

Riding With You

My thoughts are with you wherever you may be.
Ten thousand miles away with so much left to say.

Wishing badly you could be here with me.
Riding behind with your arms around my waist.

Would you run this far with me?
I wonder...

There is no time like the present to drink these draining seconds.
But I rather drink them with you besides me...