Tag: hope

Companion

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Only after I’ve met my limit,

I began looking at others with curiosity.

For they must be as mortal as I am,

how are they getting by with this world?

While some were less interesting than others,

I’ve met ones whose worlds were grander.

It’s a humbling and grateful experience

to have shared a moment with such people.

8.2.2025

Direction

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Have I strayed?

Over the years, I have learned by experience

that to be a “good person” may need an effort.

It takes the fortune, the willingness, and the environment to display such disposition.

Nevertheless, I have found it to be all the more worthwhile in the end.

It opened the door to a kind of generosity I dreamed of.

To keep a kind heart takes an effort.

But it is worthwhile in the end.

7.29.2025

Honesty

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I am always scared of honesty.

I am suspicious of the hidden intentions.

Underneath sweet words,

there are often sharp traps vying for blood.

Under the right circumstances,

it went a long way to take a leap of faith.

These are the instances

when even if I fall crashing down

I would feel alright for having put a faith in it.

For these moments, I stay steadfast ready.

7.25.2025

Retrospective

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I have done my best to control what I could,

and did what I believed was the right thing to do.

in spite of what you think was happening.

I’d ask you to ponder what has actually happened,

and what remained only as an impression.

To honor my own emotions,

and respect others’ needs at the same time

required a great deal of restraint

than I felt comfortable sharing publicly.

So will you please

at least give me a breathing space

to save my own skin for a bit?

Now that the chapter is over,

I would love to retain at least that bit of a right.

7.19.2025