Once there was a pale china doll
Walking slowly under her red parasol
China doll, why so pale?
China doll, you are to be cared
Wipe your tears, the moon’s soon to wane
Summer’s up not long, days with no more rain
Once there was a blooming china doll
Walking happily under her red parasol
China doll, why so blithe?
China doll, she’ll never be pale.

The concealer’s still fresh, I can sense.
Flawlessly, the warm tint covered me.
My lips and cheeks are rosy
Like when you first said you loved me.
All these shadows upon my eyes, smoking and bleak
I keep them closed, as I never want them open.
In darkness there is sorrow
In sorrow I found light.
My eyes- shut from many years ago
I want them open now.
Slowly, slowly, slowly
Mirror reflected such ineffable beauty.
I’m made-up.
Not because of you,
Not because of how I was to you.
I’m made up.
Darling, because I’ve made up my mind.

Like the night, pale and wan
Like the cold, bitter and wary
I see you- I saw nothing but you.
No more than an ashen memory.
This is where I stand.
From here you are no more than yesterday.
You are no more.
I see you, I saw nothing but you.
No more than a speck which made me cry.
This is where we end.
From now on you are no more than what my heart can recall.
You are no more.

When I told you "I love you."
It was my heart  
When I chose to cross-over
Shout out that it's done
It was my mind
That was an era that started a war
A rage that erupted
Conflicting feelings
Disheveled emotions
Vague decisions  
The siren signaled
Man is the enemy
Woman ran to the open field
She looked for shelter  
Man dropped the bomb
Woman surrendered
A white flag, man also raised
Both died-  but not in spirit
Man and woman felt alive  
Man lifted the woman's hands
Together they marched as one
The darkest days have ended
If this was a siege, man and woman
Both are veterans  
The renegades of love die last

Where does all the laughter go when high-pitched chuckles stop?
Where do the tears go when all were wiped-off?
Where does frown go when one keeps calm?
Where do hopes go when one stopped believing?
Where does love reside when the heart stops beating?
To the great depths of our enduring hearts, solitary and shattered?
To the vast horizons, scattered and forgotten?
To the verdant earth, blown to faraway lands?
But where, if not to you?

The wind told me,
"My current will take you to the ocean,
like blood flowing through the heart."
And I asked the wind,
"What if the river runs dry
and the heart stops beating?"
Then, you'll find where you truly belong-
the still river or the deep blue,"
Says the fleeting wind.

Keep on walking
I can recognize you from the crowd
Stop and look back
Now do you see?
What do you think of me?
Do you even know I think of you?
Things, they are overflowing my mindful cup
Would you have the time?
I may not know you,
You may not know me.
Open up, that's what I'd want to do
My lips are sealed.
All of these are in my mind.
My heart is in my pocket
Skipping a perfect beat.
There are quite a few I wanted to tell you.
But all of these are in my mind.

At the other side of the cove I'm breathing
The same air that brushes your skin
Basking in
The same light that kisses your cheeks
Waiting
The same way I've waited for years

The waters are tears
Rolling and rolling
The sound, same as my heartbeat
Am nearly drowned
Surviving
Breathing
The face I've seen clearly
Now carried by the tide
A wave is still a wave
You are still you
We are no more
And I'm no longer blue.

At the other side of the cove I'm breathing
The same air that brushes your skin,
Basking in
The same light that kisses your cheeks
And I'm waiting
The same way I've waited for years.

But isn't life about sailing?
Being our own captain
Cruising, steering
Until we dock safely to shore.

And here you are
After all these years
After all the dreadful waiting
Here you are.
You have waved to me as if you have known me from before
As if you would fill in the blanks in my sentences
As if you would read my mind.
As if you would free me from isolation
And here you were
Bidding as if you’ve said farewell before
As if you already finished my sentences
As if you have read deeper into my mind
As if you have freed me from myself and from the world
After all, it was such a long wait.
And I’ll always be waiting.

Silhouettes,
Warm Sunsets,
I've painted it all in my mind.
Waves kissing the shore,
Skies embracing the horizon
All of these and more, more
And more

My heart is locked up in a house
With bars around
Guarded by the things I hold on to
You see me as I am
Through the window
But not through my eyes
I'm opening the doors
Slowly,
Slowly,
Slowly,
Is this the moment I've been waiting for?

You fall
Undisclosed
Mum in words
Clamorous effort
One catches another falling soul.

This is where you leave your heart
To this jar, where I’ll keep it tight
To this chest, where I’ll lock it away
To this room, where it will rest for a while
To me, where it will see the dawn of day
Where it will beat a thousand emotions.
To me, where it will be safe.
Until it stops beating or you choose to find another
This is where you leave your heart.

Mourning over the lost and forgotten, musing over to what was once here as if it was just the day before.
Eyes closed, both of us.
Let me wander where we have shattered each other’s soul.
From this wrath let us dream, rising from smithereens.
Keep your eyes closed.
We only have now.
Here, evermore, I knew, love was you.
But love was just a time in our lives.
Wide-awake, it was a dream no more.
I let this love go with the wind.
You know how the breeze can carry it away- to almost everywhere, in every corner at first, hanging around until it has completely vanished.

Footprints in the sand,
Made me feel we walked this earth,
Together,
Though I cannot keep pace with you
At any rate,
Any longer.

At times I think, man can be the sea
For he is deep,
Tranquil and
And his world comes rolling in waves.

Turn the leaves from page to page,
Count the words one by one,
Make it sweet, make it rhyme
For life is magic in a beautifully written line.

You asked me to take a picture
But when you speak,
You are taking my heart instead.