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Let the wind come.
Lift your heart up into the air,
leaping into the unknown.
Embrace the nature
smoothly reaching to maturity
while belonging to a community.
Remember who you are connected to
and the warmth that has been shared.
“Be kind to yourself” is what she told you.
Hope that stays with you through this rain storm.
6.30.2026
Take the harder route
if that’s the right way.
Many will resent you
you will feel awful
but at least you’ll know
You chose the right way.
What does it worth?
Not a safety, gain, or glory
but your knowledge
of the alignment of your heart.
6.29.2026
In the quiet grass field,
a sliver of fluorescent green
arched on my knee level.
And then another, then another.
Everescent, yet so real.
They remind me of the light, the warmth, and the faith.
6.27.2026
After the fear, pain, and shame passed by
I found myself shivering for warmth.
I held on to the words “Expecto patronum”
as if clinging on to a life vest in the middle of dark ocean
hoping somehow, contrary to all of the evidence presented in my bare memory
that I could find a solace in warmth again.
As I mumbled yet another “Expecto patronum”
I took a step forward. Then another, and kept moving on.
One day, it will be alright.
I will carry you to where the warmth is.
Hold on to your light, and stay alight.
It’s all going to be alright.
6.27.2026
I learned to wait under the heat
Of my own desire fuming with fire
Towards what will quench my yearning
For an everlasting happily-ever-after.
As the heat grew —
I remembered the last reward at the end of such wait.
And it was worthwhile the suffering,
even as if it required the suffering itself
To make itself ever more salubrious.
So I wait
Under the heat.
5.26.2026
A shorting star passed by
What a thrill it must be having
Running against the air as fast as it can
It is literally burning brightly
As it sprints towards its course.
And what a spectacular firework it would have been
Had those two shooting stars collided
Against the odds, in spite of their speed,
A fiery show would have blossomed
In the dark background
Of abysmal vacuum of the universe.
5.21.2026
I wanted to ask you
What you would do if you knew
Your life will end one day.
There’s no more “need” or “should”
There just is.
I want to meet and dance with someone
Who is has a passionate heart,
A daring soul, a partner-in-crime.
If I could dance this life with her,
I’d be content.
I want to stand on my two feet
And know I have done what is right.
I want to pay attention to the quiet moments
When the wind blows by in the quiet mid afternoon under the shadows of lush leaves
There is more to what appears on the surface.
I want to play with my creation
And know that it was fun for everyone.
I want the song to last
and fill the cup not to full, nor too dry
So that when we are all together
We would cherish all we’ve had.
5.20.2026
I am running as fast as I can
At certain point
I have become free from my body —
My mind is leaping beyond what I knew possible
And rushing for more, faster, and deeper.
Maybe the original sense of time was false —
Maybe this is the speed everything is.
So we keep on going
Marching forward.
5.19.2026
Like a shooting star
A new discovery has been made.
And with its arrival,
Years of preparation has revealed
their raison d’être.
It’s is for moments like this
We continue to rise and rise again.
5.17.2026
That moment
When the wind was blowing
And we didn’t see what was in front of us
Except for our hands
Holding onto each other
We couldn’t know what was real
And what was not.
But we just walked forward
Believing that we will get there.
I know where I want to go now.
It’s the moment we walked together.
It’s the one when we were carefree
Because we had covered our bases.
I know there can always be a disappointment
But I am going forward anyways
Because I really believe in us
And the days to come.
I know it’s silly
But I now believe in myself.
It may be slow
But come join me
Let’s walk this walk together.
5.16.2026
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