Tien - Tim - Hello Poetry

Tien - Tim Oct 2013

Thoughts changes with reasons,
As do nature with seasons.

Summer heats with warming thoughts of hope.
Leading to Springs of fruitful ideas.

Only to have goals set to Fall as reality changes with the leaves.
Then dreams slowly withers away with the Winter's breeze.

Adding wisdoms to each passing year.
Making failure nothing to fear.

For failure teaches success,
So it doesn't matter how things end or begins...

Every cycle has its ups and downs, it's important so that we can appreciate the good. If everything in life is good we would have never known what's good.

Tien - Tim Sep 2013

A Journey Through My Mind

My mind's flooded with heavy currents.
I'm drowning in these thoughts,
As I search for a deeper meaning,
The unknown depths of "Love."
But I'm barely treading water.
As your waves crash into me,
More questions emerges,
But before I could see it,
The answers submerges.
Then before I know it,
Unknowingly and unconsciously,
I landed on the shores of "Love."
Wondering how did I get here?
So I wander off to the winding road for an answer.
But I can't ever seem to find a concrete path,
All I could find in the end was a mountain,
And so I climb to the top only to find,
That the answer is just to simply enjoy the view.

This poem reflects the universal question, "How do you know when you are in love?" There are many ways to describe it but never defines it. The way I see it, rather than wasting time questioning, just enjoy it's beautiful moments that it has to offer.

Tien - Tim Aug 2013

Brewing Storm?

Bottled up emotions,
Accumulating,
Ready to pour out.
You're heavily on my mind.
Yet these clouded thoughts,
Makes me wonder,
Should I dive into this never-ending cycle?
Forecasting what it might weather,
Would it be a lasting dance in the rain?
Or would I be flooded with shallow scars?
You never know what each day may bring,
But hope that there will be light of a better day as we pass these storms.

Tien - Tim Aug 2013

Frostbiting Kiss

A departing kiss,
Frostbiting my lips.
Happiness infused with sorrow,
Coldness with a piercing burn,
Your kiss permeates through me,
With a lingering taste of love .
I try to speak,
But can't utter a word.
Preserving the moment with silence,
So that I can admire your beauty instead.
In these moments that we kiss goodbye,
Gets me in a withdrawal.
Because a love given can't be retrieved,
And so my heart follows as we depart.
With tears of frustration,
That can't even measure the weight of love,
But at that moment,
I would feel the essence of love.

Tien - Tim Aug 2013

Drowning Passion

They say what you feel,
Is more real,
Than what you see.
So come a bit closer,
Test our interaction,
Until we feel the friction.
Create some sparks,
As we began to ignite.
I'll take you to the sky,
Where you will peak.
As I dive into your ocean,
Where your hidden treasure is seek.
Crashing waves in motion,
Drowning you in pleasures.
Until we're lost at sea,
Redefining physical pleasure till we arrive at paradise,
From there I'll kiss you gently like waves kisses the shores.

Tien - Tim Aug 2013

Photoshopped

At times life can be grainy and a blur.
Things don't always turn out as pictured.
How you choose to see life,
Is filtered by your mind.
Whether in colors or in black and white.
But keep in mind that every good picture,
Starts with working with the negatives.
Think positive and work on the original image,
Yourself!
Zoom in on the flaws,
Edit what you can do,
Not what you can't do.
Crop out the critics' perspective on how they view you.
Step by step remove layers of distractions.
Pan in on success,
Pan out on the stress,
Now you've photoshopped a masterpiece called happiness.

By Tien Dang and Sidney Conway

Used Photography/photoshop terminolgies:
Pan, Zoom, Crop, Layer, Blur, Grain, Negative, Positive, Filter, Original, Image, Picture, Color, Black and White (Sepia).

Tien - Tim Jul 2013

Get Outta My System!

You used me like a joystick,
Played with my emotions.
You pressed me until I malfunctioned.
Should've known when I saw your Xbox (ex's box).
You had me running around 360.
Now that I'm broke,
You can no longer be controlling.
You had me in this love triangle,
O by the way your X (ex) is a square.
You selected to start this confusion,
And that wasn't fair,
Should've known you're a cheat.
We're on different platforms,
Get off my network,
Cause we can't connect on many levels like Wifi.
I believed in your game, but it was all fake, Syfy.
Your lies was graphic,
You left me stagnant,
And gave me the cold shoulder.
I'm pulling this cord,
Game over.
So ******* and get outta my system!

By Sidney Conway and Tien Dang

If you are not a gamer here are some references:
Ps3 controller has X, square, O, and triangle buttons, also a select and start button (Xbox 360 have different button labels).
Playstation and Xbox network can't cross play, they segregate the network by platforms.