I can't quite fathom out
How I got engulfed by doubt;
I can't quite express how
But my life is a tragedy now.

There was this time when I would
Get along in life as best as I could.
Things seemed so much better back then,
How I'd love to live those times again.

Too much water's flown under the bridge,
Its been too long to go back to college.
I know now life isn't just some song,
Where I'd just dance, and waltz along.

I can't quite express how
But my life is a tragedy now.

The smile that made my day,
Has somehow drifted far away;
The smile that kept troubles at bay,
That smile is no longer there today.

Its been very difficult to cope,
But I haven't given up hope.
A part of me is trying to forget
you, but I'm not ready, not just yet.

Staring into the night on New Year's eve
Suddenly, somehow, I believe,
We'll meet again, my love;
It might be in the skies above
If not, in the next life then,
But we'll be together again.

Studying for test
hoping for the very best
prepare for the worst

An attempt at Japanese poetry*

a beautiful day
with the sun shining brightly
at my doorstep and my life
came a lovely bird
spreading her vivacious wings

During times when you feel you want to cry,
When it seems that it just isn't your day;
Remember, above the stormy clouds is a clear sky,
And smile, it would shrug most of your sorrows away.

When you are scared of taking that next step
Walking down life's uncertain path,
Just keep faith and don't hold yourself back
And smile, it would help keep in check life's wrath.

At different stages of our existence, we all fall
Into the abyss only to get back up on our feet;
So, at times, when you'd run into a brick wall
Smile, and some of your problems would be obsolete.

Sometimes, though, it might take a while
And you might need to go that extra mile;
Even when sadness seems an unending pile,
Trust in yourself and remember to smile!

All I always wanted, was to be by your side,
No matter how rough the day, how stormy the ride,
All I always wanted, was to come home to you.
I never thought that we'd drift apart, the way we did
I never thought you say the things, the things that you said.
For all the times we spent, the good and the bad,
I thought I deserved a better goodbye, than the one I had.

I never said it was going to be easy
To grow into the relationship while we were busy,
I always said that it would take time
But that, in the end, it would end up just fine.
You had different plans, and I didn't feature in them
Normally, I'd understand, but then, you never tried enough
And took the easiest way out, the minute the going got rough!