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 Jun 2013 DieingEmbers
Ting-Jun
Under the lake's sky blue waters
which appear ever still,
ever calm,
there's another universe
buzzing with paranoia, pain,
but also with intelligence, creativity,
life.
It's too great for the world to see
for now.

You are this lake
and you are as beautiful,
if not more.
 Jun 2013 DieingEmbers
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march
 Jun 2013 DieingEmbers
tread
there is a certain pain
in realizing- your lover
wouldn't risk a midnight
stroll to keep with seeing
you. wouldn't go above or
beyond to show her love.
it hurts to have the quaint typicalities of love become
unlikely, suffocated in
calculation- 'work tomorrow,
sleep soon. no walk.' suffocated
in fear- 'possibly a bear. maybe
a cougar. no walk.' everything
a second thought of,

'that's why not.'

*'that's why not.'
You've turned off your phone. I miss you.
I spontaneously suggest something- you don't feel like it.
I plan something- you don't show up.

you always make sure you're safe inside your comfort zone and it worries me.
i.
You realize life's real currency
isn't money, which can be spent on me,
but time, which can be spent with me.

ii.
The others saw you as a beggar,
but it is me who has begged for you to stay.

iii.
Tie a ribbon around my finger,
it all means just the same.
 Jun 2013 DieingEmbers
Vish
The sound that repeats like the clash of swords,
The movement is such it has abrupt jumps,
Starring into it gives peace of mind,
They are the waves of the sea, well timed…

With speed they come to you at once,
Rolling and turning with the winds that rush,
Intense and forceful at the outset,
Steady and blissful towards the end…

Like your family they greet you with hugs
They wrap around your feet and create a mini flood.
You hug them back, they take you within
They are the waves of the sea, soft; like the violin…

They get their personality from the sun.
Thus changing colours now and then,
They play, as much as they can with him,
Until their mother shows up with a grin…

When she’s up watching over them at night,
Each one of them is at her sight.
They get their discipline from her; the moon.
Like sainted children they settle down soon…

When one looks at them while they’re sleep,
The mind is calm and the world complete.
A thinker’s thoughts are crystal clear,
The spirit seems free, and the heart humane,
They are the waves of the sea that persevere…

Lessons from the sea are several to learn,
The dominant one is to give up fear.
Keep moving like the waves of the sea,
For the waves there is never “an end”
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