Don't listen to me when I say
I didn't see you look my way
Because the flowers sprung abloom
The moment you entered the room
Don't believe me when I run
It's confrontations that I shun
That drive my mind to gears away
From safe zones where I've ought to stay
Don't listen to me since I tried
To bear the feelings that I hide
Which stem from years of risks unclaimed
And in this stalemate, we remained
Don't listen to my mouth's white lies
But look to the joy in my eyes
For it is in them you will see
The message meant for only thee
Jan 30, 2016
Jan 30, 2016 at 11:34 AM UTC
The person you meet at the wrong time is not for you to have.
You never meet the right person at the wrong time;
the right person for you is, in a word, timeless.
The person you're destined for is timeless.
You won't have to struggle with time, or any force of nature, to be with that person.
It just comes just as easy as Love itself, seamless and organic.
I'll wait.
If time is not on my side right now,
I'll wait.
So if ever there was a chance that you are the right person, I don't want my impatience or immaturity to cause you to become the wrong one.
Jan 25, 2016
Jan 25, 2016 at 11:10 AM UTC
The morning came
And with a hint of rain
The sun rose high
I searched your face
In rumpled sheets
In busy streets
I looked for you
The crowds pushed forward
Too busy to care
For mundane things
You heard my voice
The thundering jeers
Of distant fears
I whispered softly.
Jan 25, 2016
Jan 25, 2016 at 10:30 AM UTC
"It's not the constant adventures,
But everyday gestures
It's not what you bring to the table,
But bring out in your partner
It's not proven to the world
But to each other."
Oct 26, 2015
Oct 26, 2015 at 1:26 AM UTC
When you set out on your journey
To traverse in seas unknown,
You will meet a set of characters
Who will test you to the bone:
You will hear such glorious voices
From the waters of below
Only stoop a bit, to glimpse of
The few sirens that lay low
With a wonder, you may doubt that
You have witnessed great beauty
The many scales they've fought to hide
Will in time, reveal so clearly
You will come across sea merchants
Who'll speak lengthy promises
Don't accept their words too quickly
Or their small venom doses
Gold to the eye, sweet to the tongue,
Their words drip like bee's honey
Yet to the thirst you've long to fill
So unquenchably sticky
When you find some shipwrecked sailors
Who are also lost at sea
Take them on board and you'll find that
They become your best mate-y
Keep them close, take good care of them
You will need them near the end
When you hit that last tidal wave
And your ship's about to bend
You will come by some sea pirates
Who will win you like a friend
When the seas get rough and rowdy
To you they will all depend
Don't believe their charming banter
They will empty up your lot
And then leave you stranded, lifeless,
Just to steal your golden spot
If you find a distant lighthouse
Do not fear to get too close
There you'll find such rare occasions
And gain gold you can't dispose
They will make you see the wonder
Of the smallness of your ship
And narrate those distant countries
For your never-ending trip
When you set out on your journey
To traverse in seas unknown,
You will sail through different waters
That will test you to the bone:
You will face a wave of troubles
That may come at an instant
Hold the ropes and brace the weather
Sunshine won't be too distant
Don't be too blinded by the rain
Don't get swept away by wind
For your greatest battle to face
Is not the outside, but in
Always remember your compass
For it knows you more them
It will guard your own sanity
Like a vault of precious gems
Don't believe them when they tell you
To exchange your own for theirs
You will lose your soul on the way
In search of approving heirs
At times you will sail still waters
But in these don't be deceived
For they come in strange intervals
In small bursts to be received
Do not chase after such waters
Those who did had died at sea
Not a name to be remembered
Nor a real captain to thee
Above all else, remember this--
When you land in shores uncertain
When your mates have all disappeared
When your compass has been stolen
When the journey's worse than you feared
When you stare death right in the face
When sea monsters outnumber you
When nothing falls right into place
When there is nothing left to do
--Don't lose sight of the North Star
In the land and seas you roam
It's your constant, day and night
Until you have returned Home.
Oct 13, 2015
Oct 13, 2015 at 11:47 AM UTC
When I was five,
My dad told me
"The world is tough,
So you have to be tough."
He told me
My grandfather taught him
The same thing.
"Tough love,"
They dubbed it.
Eighteen years later
I discovered that
Tough love is a myth:
Love is never tough.
It boasts of vulnerability to
Unforeseen and unnecessary pain
By the one
You have given access to.
It will be your compass
As you navigate the
Unexplained and uncountable reasons
Why you chose to stay put
When all the world was against you,
Why you chose to let go
When your heart whispered otherwise.
Love is many things
And also not many things
It is gentle, but never weak
It is forgiving, but never naive
It is honest, but never offensive
It is sincere, but never foolish.
But love is never tough.
Sep 10, 2015
Sep 10, 2015 at 3:58 AM UTC
We are carried through time
With the back and forth
Motion of tides:
Close enough to touch
Far enough to distance
But never to forget--
One does not simply
Forget you.
Sep 9, 2015
Sep 9, 2015 at 1:13 AM UTC
From such great heights
He stoops down low
To lift my head
Without a care
Of what this looks like
With steady hands
He stitches up
The wounds time left
To make anew
The first of spring
He made me whole
Oh how he dared
Defied the odds
Through stormy seas
To win me over
And there we went
To distant lands
To such great heights
To ocean floors
We walked on water
Sep 8, 2015
Sep 8, 2015 at 10:46 PM UTC
She does not need a controversy in order to be relevant. Relevance stands on its own; it is a level onto itself.
The words of a relevant woman are never unkind nor twisted. They speak life. Most of all, they speak truth--the whole truth and nothing but. The marks of a relevant woman are faith and obedience--to be the person God called her to be, and to fulfill whatever her life's purpose may be.
For relevance does not beg for attention. It is not clothed in selfishness or vanity. Rather, it is clothed in God and His glory is where she draws her confidence.
That is why her relevance goes beyond her--it's out of this world. And also why the world will look and take notice of her.
Sep 2, 2015
Sep 2, 2015 at 9:56 AM UTC
"You don’t fall in love like you fall in a hole.
You fall like falling through space. It’s like you jump off your own private planet to visit someone else’s planet. And when you get there it all looks different: the flowers, the animals, the colours people wear.
It is a big surprise falling in love because you thought you had everything just right on your own planet, and that was true, in a way, but then somebody signalled to you across space and the only way you could visit was to take a giant jump. Away you go, falling into someone else’s orbit and after a while you might decide to pull your two planets together and call it home. And you can bring your dog. Or your cat. Your goldfish, hamster, collection of stones, all your odd socks. (The ones you lost, including the holes, are on the new planet you found.) And you can bring your friends to visit. And read your favourite stories to each other.
And the falling was really the big jump that you had to make to be with someone you don’t want to be without. That’s it.
P.S. You have to be brave."
Sep 2, 2015
Sep 2, 2015 at 1:32 AM UTC