Love is like the wild rose-briar,
Friendship like the holly-tree—
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms
But which will bloom most constantly?

The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,
Its summer blossoms scent the air;
Yet wait till winter comes again
And who will call the wild-briar fair?

Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now
And deck thee with the holly’s sheen,
That when December blights thy brow
He still may leave thy garland green.

I have words
Thousands of them
Dancing on my head
Bumping into one another
Clashing while they spin
Making fantastic rhythms
Composing splendid puns
and poems and songs

Wonderfully,
Rich alphabets created
great lines, proverbs, metaphors and imagery
storing them neatly in my brain...
waiting to explode...

Why then...
  Am I still hiding my golden pen?
Hoping one day..
The chapters will start penning...
Wishing one day ...
We'd read from INTRO till THE END....
Holding satin handkerchief in one hand
Disguising big smile with tiny tears falling...
Gone the hot burning light of the oil lamp....

By Rina...

Shall I blame my eyes?
For each blink it makes
it tries to change my fate
Upon a blink of my eyes
You are right before me...
You don't look charming
but you look fine to me
Upon another blink...
You suddenly disappear
Are you hiding?
Are you leaving again?
Shall I decide to stop blinking?
Shall I take another chance to blink?
A risk taker, am I not?
Now I see you, next I don't
to change another fate of mine
I'd rather not blink again...

Standing strong...
a white candle...
slowly ...bending and falling..
It melts as it burns

With tears and sweats
Painful... but tireless...
countless efforts
to light others
so they'll shine bright
and make someone proud
so they'll live to shine
another life .. and lift them up
and make them shine
and be strong again..

Live to shine others
"A candle loses nothing
by lighting another candle"

By Rina..

Drowning in the world of lies
Truth hurts they say
Sweet are the lies told...
Pretending to be safe and sound
Hiding, disguising in the world of hypocrisy
When truth always hurt..
Lies can be sweet...
When is a lie ever so sweet?

By Rina

In a castle of dream everybody dreams
of  diamonds and pearls
of sheer happiness....
tears are shed and hidden within...
a silent scream... shout and cry...

Everything looks real in a castle of dream...
we only wake up the next day
to find out the ugliness of reality...
and to decide whether to believe in golds...
and we choose whats best
to suit our life...
do we really have to choose after all?
..Still we go far away from the reality..
and become inauthentic in life ..
for a second.. lets live in our luxurious dream
in the comfort of the  satin smooth linen
and feel the dazzling excitement..
even if it is only
just for a moment of ecstasy...

By Rina..

If I needed you
Would you come to me,
And hug me?
And say you'd always be here for me?

If I needed you
Would you come to me,
And ease my pain?
And whisper words of love again?

If I needed you
Would you ever try to come at all?
And risk your life?
For ever loving me?

If you needed me
I would come to you
Would never hesitate...
Would never contemplate..

I'd swim the seas
I'd cross the rivers
I'd climb the mountains
I'd sail the ships
I'd travel the miles
Just to make sure you are allright..
Just to make sure I'd ease your pain
Just to make sure we'd survive..
this risky love once again...

By Rina...