come, stay and let's talk. it's a good day to be alive
Awaken to the thundering roar of the sun so bright and glorious
Up on my feet, I hit the ground and keep running,
Looking only ahead, narrowing the tunnel vision,
Jump over the hoops, dodge distractions,
Wired into the muscle memory is to beat the game
Still, the thought of you lingers in my momentary thoughts,
Hoping to take a glimpse at you one day
Smiling once more under the bright glow of the sunset.
I’ll see you there
One day.
9.16.2021
Grabbed his hair by his fist
He bashed his punch into his face
Again, again, and again.
Kicked him in the stomach,
Stomped him in the leg,
Rolled him over in the mud.
He still smiles,
Walks over to the cliff and rolls over a rock again.
He was tackled again by the waist
Pummeled by solid fists,
Again, again, and again.
Sweat, blood, and mucus mixed and mingled all over,
Shivering in cold, scrambling in hotness of pain,
Numbed in some parts, bleeding in some other,
He still crawls over to the cliff,
And rolls over the rock.
The rock rolls down the cliff,
Knocking on the window of a far, far away world,
So close to the eye, yet so far away
The world of his dream keeps the candle still lit in his chest.
One day.
One day more.
9.13.2021
I plucked out my ear plugs
Shunted my eye gaze away from my screens
Ate, drank, read, and walked in silence
Just to relish this darkness of sense
So as to appreciate you more fully
Perhaps I should tone down this desire to appreciate you as well,
In order to cleanse myself of impurities
But yes: this is who I am
And here I stand, hoping that I can jump across thousands of kilometers of distance between us
Remedy the years that we’ve been away
And dance in this darkness, together.
9.1.2021
even the cruelest children remember that
at night, they must go home
snuggle in a comforts of duvet their grandma
made for them one thread at a time
go home. rejoice in love you receive
undconditionally, heedlessly
honor will remain everywhere
8.15.2030
‘let your limb be whole with the sword’ said sensei,
‘close the gap between your hands’ and the sword’s way’
for awhile the sword cuts the air,
sounds of cicada is what I hear
poring out of the earth’s surface, clinging to a wood it screams,
roaring its life out, making seventeen years of its dreams
a wooden sword silently cuts the air.
6.25.2020
Remember, upon emergency please pull this emergency lever.
if the sky starts to look like the jaundiced skin after hit by a baseball hard,
please pull this emergency lever.
if you wake up one day and can’t one bit
‘cause dark shadows are pulling you into the earth,
please pull this emergency lever.
if you find yourself hurting others with a thousand blade from your tongue,
please pull this emergency lever.
remember, upon emergency, please pull this emergency lever.
6.24.2020
As time fly by, be aware, grand sand
on your shoulders before you realize
miles wide away from home you are
to realize sunrise compromise of dying
of the past fast asleep at last
focus now notice the bogus modus
focus on your dream steam for us
for onus is worthwhile style to live.
6.23.2020
When the wind blows,
A thousand years will leap by
Scattering the pieces of memories
Across the pasture of oblivion.
When the wind blows,
I hope that fragrance of cherry blossom
In a softly ripen spring night
Will bloom again in your bosoms.
6.19.2020
On a peaceful summer evening sheen kids are still yelling while parents are yawning
Youthful recklessness peaks its head from a corner of the heart
Riding down a steep rocky road unknown to the most,
Throwing his lot against his naysayers,
Then, like a bullet, it will st59
6.16.2020
It’s so warm
When without a warning,
the sun rises,
So innocently,
After dark and cold storm has passed by.
As if all the bad things has been a lie.
It’s so warm
Sometimes I wonder
If it will stay for a little longer.
6.13.2020
Ralph with Coffee 
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