Glimpse of Summer

Darkened skies

Droplets of rain

Makes me realize

Summer has faded away.

 

Looking back to the days

When summer’s still here

Oh, how I missed the sun

All the laughters and tears.

 

I remember the hidden smiles

Cokes and potato fries

I remember the heartache

It  was not  just a piece of cake!

 

The cold winds’ gentle blow

Summer’s gone, I should know

Everything’s over and blown

A  drop of rain kissed my nose!

 

Rays of sun to drops of rain

Bright skies now dark and blue

Joys of heart turned to pain

All these are signs – I’m missing you!

What If?

What if the birds get tired of flying

And the earthworms hated the mud?

What if the rain stopped  falling

                And flood suddenly becomes blood?

What if the skies turned black

                And the stars never again twinkled?

What if dawn failed to come

                And the sun forever was hidden?

What if the sea burst out  in the desert

                And the ocean doesn’t touch the shore?

What if the Earth meets a comet

                And there is no reason of living for?

 

No matter what happens, my friend –

                I’ll always be real

By your side, I’ll never vanish

                Coz’  our love has a seal!

Be Positive

When the raging waves against you soar

And it’s hard to swim towards the shore

When you pray for the sun to shine

But still hard rain pours down

It  wasn’t easy to walk towards East

When everybody’s heading for the West

It’s tough to climb a mountain so  high

When here in land you already sigh,

“Oh my, I can’t do this, I’ll fail,

I give up”,  is all you  can tell

That  kind of attitude, as everybody says-

Never would  help you survive a day!

 

 

 May 2, 1995

A Typical View

A book begs to be read

Lying on a table that is dead

A pair of eyes wandered through the walls

Then  through the windows, ceilings and floors.

 

The calculator is waiting to be  touched

Exercises and problems are worrying much

The pen stints, its not in the mood

It’ll walk later when it already feels good.

 

Ex-apple of the eyes of my Master

Passed by but it didn’t  bother

A hand grabbed an old bookmarker

And thrown back to place sooner.

 

Words knockin’ on both ears

Never welcomed, never heard

Addressed by the man in front

With reading  glasses, a respected one.

 

A sleepy breath came out the mouth

Patiently  waiting for the  bell to ring

Another one  from the same sense came out

There’s  the bell, what  joy it  brings!

Little Star

One fine night  as I stood  by the garden

Uttering a  pray’r looking up in heaven

Suddenly a little star above me slowly glisten

No other stars around, nothing to get even.

As  I looked from afar, a bunch of stars are shining

They’re so bright, they twinkle and they’re so eye-catching

I smiled  - they’re so merry and I enjoyed looking

But the little star is what my eyes are searching.

Night  after night, I look up in the sky

To see the little star and at its presence I sigh,

“I’m a friend, little star  -  I’m here to get by,

To be with you up  there has been my heart’s desire.”

Years passed and still I look up at the little star

Suddenly I noticed, it has moved  quite far

And now it’s different, it shines so bright

Mixed feelings I felt,  it’s peculiar in my sight.

The little star I admired started to grow

Though now, he’s bright, he’s got  a humble glow

Just one thing I can’t deny, he seemed to be so far

Impossible for me to reach, oh my little star!

Ooops!

That old Church

I came to pass by

Brings back the…

Ooops!

 

Pens and posters

Scissors and rulers

Reminds me of…

Ooops!

 

Burgers and fries

Coke and  Royal

Tastes much more…

Ooops!

 

Pictures taken

Beside each other

I could not…

Ooops!

 

Set of drums

Songs and dance

I cannot…

Ooops!

 

Silences between

Laughters and tears

How could I…

Ooops!

 

My secret?

Sssh. They might hear –

Catch this whisper…

Ooops!                         

Life

Trees are chopped down

Rivers and seas polluted

Evening  news speaks of crime

Nation’s wealth being corrupted.

Warnings and signs are given

But people never listen

Somehow, they’re not to blame

Calamity versus them, on with the game.

The society bleeds

And everyone  is ill

The skies are crying

A cure should be here.

To hell with the masks

Damn  with the dark

Everybody will be sucked

Life isn’t in bucks.

Poor generation next to this

Nothing’s left for them to wish

The debts will take its  price

For living life so unwise.