for a friend

found this when i was flipping through my law notes.
forgot i even wrote it.

I stand at the corner,
trying to make myself
feel more comfortable,
but the place itself is not.

I look out,
the sky is gloomy
the day is about to end,
everything's seems a blur.

I hold my hands,
rub them twice,
to keep the warmth
but it's no use, the air
is already cold itself.

I sit down at my corner,
things just flashed by,
my friend is crying
clasp hands, disbelief.

I stand up again, I walked
towards him,
I stop, I don't know what to say,
I don't even know what to do.
I turn back to my chair
and sit.

I stare blankly into space,
I feel the pain, I
feel the loss.
I try to say something
nothing comes out.

I walk to my friend,
sit by him,
hold his hand,
say nothing,
just to be there,
just to be there.

*end*

ps, quite emo i know, but that was how i felt during those moments.
i kinda like this, don't really know why though. =)

remember

remember - Christina Rossetti

Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.

I shall leave it as that.


*end*

invincible

stumbled across something while watching a show, and liked it. thought of sharing it with you guys.


Invictus
-William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate :
I am the captain of my soul.

i guess, it tells us to pick ourselves up again, when we fall.
hold on and stand up for yourself,
don't give up,
even how painful,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

-invictus in latin means invincible


*end*

a bored sphinx

A Bored Sphinx

Riddles did do you falter,
No answer given taken true,
Your life the sphinx did alter,
Three legs at set was you.

Will she tear your heart out?
Or will she play you like a rat,
And before any feeble shout,
Snuff you out, instantly like that.

The spoken riddle's speaker all alone,
Seeking that can tell a true lie,
And who's logic does condone,
A sheepish yes, and wish to die.

Maybe sphinx, wait for a preacher,
Let him lecture his "gospel hall",
And then can you proudly feature,
A clerical collar on your trophy wall.


courtesy of tarrant kwok,
the tropical poet

ps, i really like this poem, it's really funny. LOL!
thanks tarrant! =)

broken erhu

She caressed the erhu,
With nothing but passion,
Hating the unknown, who,
Took her bow and vision.

She is blind to the whispers,
The guqin a snapping tortoise,
Meanings skewed as he alters
Tempo to match her sad voice.

Drops of syllables connect
Her tearful words together,
And as faceless crowds clap,
She dies inside a little faster.

Thrown roses are meaningless,
As she cannot pull music again,
Her loss sorrowfully soundless,
Singing vocals pining in vain.

courtesy of tarrant kwok.
the tropical poet.