Tag: love

Living

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Perhaps at the back of my mind,

I had slid one foot lingering in the back door

as we philosophized over “to love or to survive”.

Like a reflex against my naïveté,

words escaped my lips quicker their meanings.

After a long darkness stopped by

(long to experience, short to remember)

I returned to speculate:

that it is both the hands of the heart and the mind held together

that leads the dance of this life

peppers in living, with saltiness of surviving.

So, all of this is just to say

thank you for conversing with me that day

in the darkest time of that night

under the moonlight.

11.16.2025

Nevertheless

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It dawned on me:

this is it as a life I have known.

I couldn’t care any less about how others viewed me.

What mattered was whom I knew,

how I made them feel,

and what I have done for them.

In the end, I remembered the forgiving hand.

I remembered the laughters I shared,

and I remembered the gratefulness I felt towards those who have put a faith in me.

7.21.2025

Tears

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As I heard your tears drop,

I couldn’t help but wonder:

did we really know each other?

Maybe we held onto our secrets till the last moment.

The fork of the path in front of us.

I wondered: do we rage against the sky,

do we hold onto our immovable past,

or how do we deal with our moment?

Once, I saw a dragon with a brave heart,

who inscribed the words of love on it,

and breathed the fire of passion.

Perhaps that’s what it takes to launch into the world.

7.8.2025

Levity

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I walked into a cafe,

and heard someone say my name.

I thought I misheard; or thought she was calling someone with the same name —

but not, she stared straight into my eyes,

and asked, “do you want your usual?”

I said yes — and she pulled out the royal English breakfast tea in a mug cup with the right size.

I sheepishly took my cup and sat in my table.

Her matter-of-fact attitude as she welcomed,

the face that she remembered my name,

and what I usually drink felt like an honor.

It’s a wonderful experience not encountered so frequently.

Just like the warmth of the tea in my hand,

I felt the warmth and levity in my heart.

7.4.2025

Friends

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We’d beam at the sight of a green forest,

and run barefooted into the unknown.

Snails, crayfish, and tadpoles were the treasures.

I did not know a laughter could be dispensed so freely.

Songs we sang, the mountains we climbed,

all now awashed in the torrential rain.

Yet our work is still there for us.

Let’s keep going at it.

Tomorrow will be a better day.

6.29.2025