Reminder

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Please try not to forget again.

For the time is slipping by faster than ever.

A decade is a blink away.

Please try to remember your own laws.

Please try to remember to give to others.

Please try to remember to forgive.

Please try not to forget again.

For the world is shiftily changing.

Time is unforgiving to all who forgets about it.

Please try to remember to build a space of respite.

Please try to remember to run as if

only things that matter are the earth and yourself.

And then rest.

Please try to remember the gratefulness of each breath.

Please try not to forget again.

For the world is now, you are here.

You are here, now, to live.

5.18.2021

Firefly

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The reason why there are whispers of rumors

that the flight towards the eternal light solely burning in the dark sky

is said to be as hard as hitting a lightening bolt is because of the distance.

the eternal distance that desiccates the life out of oneself.

But once you take a step off the cliff

and start to beat your way against the wind

you realized it’s actually not too far

but it’s the distractions:

the wind that blows gently

soothing your heart beckoning back to your warm cocoon

wrapped in the sweet scent of nascent spring

ripe with honey and playful rainfalls

once you take your eyes off the scorching ball of fire

the world slips away into a dark syncope

there’s only one way.

that’s why it’s hard.

5.18.2021

Lard

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There is an ennui in the air confined in this fine wooden box

This large wooden box encasing the air surrounding the humans

Loose enough not to suffocate, sturdy and touch to withstand the rain

The box warps the space, the flow of time, and docks under the freedom to move

Whispers of doubt, of pride, of fatality lurks under the shadows of the box.

When shall we be free from this cage?

Only when we mute the whispers in mind and break away from the gravity of oneself, we might taste that sweet freedom.

5.8.2021

Lineage

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I looked up, touched by a gentle breeze

ocean of green leaves waving softly

in the background of blue panacea

like a childhood daydream over a classroom window

I looked down, my feet digging into dark brown wet mud

quietly soaking into my sneakers and socks fabric,

leaving a trace of its presence on me

as I leave my foot print on it

When nobody talked

the Nature spoke.

5.4.2021

Wait

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under the sun in the sky
two ants may jostle and hustle
but in the end forgiveness is what’s remembered
before the cloud sets in and wash them away

even babies are born with thousands of battle scars
but never shook hands with their nemesis
we shall arise through leap of faith,
as we wait for the Godot

12.24.2020

Poison

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when a toxin is mixed into your system,
it doesn’t stand out initially
no color, or taste, or form, or texture
it blends right into your system quietly

as your system churns and grunts,
the poison rides the tide,
seeping deeper into the core

but when you stop and let things drop
just as all things that die should
the poison suddenly takes its leave
as you quietly stare and fare it well

12.23.2020

De-Clutter

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de-clutter your mind.
the critters of electric news,
stalkers of princes and princesses
won’t salvage you from the void.

whirlpool of thoughts buoyed
in the center of the abyss is what you know
in your heart to be true as it always’ been.
For now, close your eyes to open your mind.

12.22.2020

Dream

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during my sleep talking at night
I had dreamed of a trip to a world evolving
like a plume of smoke that arises
after things burned down

it was a world so fast and mystical
I stood still and stared at it wondering
how I can ever get on with my trip
but I realized this was all but a dream

the journey continues
even as the world falls.

12.22.2020

Cut

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walking in darkness,
mountain-high giants
silently all appear around.
‘can you make the cut?’ they ask.

‘sure why not’ I answer
while my standard still glows
I stare at my hands both
bloodied by both fresh and old scars

12.19.2020