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What I sawI’ve seen many tears shed for the ones who died, / And far too few smiles given to the living. / I’ve seen countless companions walk beside me,

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The Principle of Separation.Despite the taste of success, the traveler is severed from the destination, / That is the doctrine of love: our separation written into the system. / What intoxication binds the moon to the sky,

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Cure"If we become the cure for our own wounds, / We can endure our own pain, / And if we love someone,

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Apart"There was a time when our destination was one, my love / We've been separated like the East and West"

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Nothing but you"The whole world become nothing in front of you because it can never replace your place"

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As a poet...."Two souls within me, intertwined yet apart, / One, a poet, yearning for solitude's gentle art, / The other, a persona, craving connection's warm light,

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Yours beautyYour long, flowing hair resembles the endless expanse of a starless night sky. Your eyes are like lakes of wine, deep and intoxicating. And your face... it's the most breathtakingly beautiful thing I've ever laid eyes on.

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Had You Not Been.You are near, my love; were you far, I would fly to you. / You are happy indeed; else I would come as your solitude. / You are alive now; else I would arrive as your final breath.

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Pain.....I'm worn by sorrow, they're graced by joy, / These are the scars of tears, or the pangs of love.

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Reality"People call us bad because we're clever, which clearly shows that they want to consider us foolish. Only then can we be good."

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