the love of family is soft as silk
yet stronger than diamond
gentle like a soft spring breeze
but can withstand cold blizzard of winter
so rejoice while you can
celebrate each moment together
let there be love.
let there be appreciation.
7.11.2022
Tag: Poetry
Droplets
if my actions were droplets,
please let it be the ones of many that
shape the curve in the stone
for you to enjoy a respite under the shadow
please let it be the quiet budding of leaves
for you to enjoy the sound of ocean
as you cool off the heat in summer breeze
please let it be one step of the many
to travel this far distance to reach to you
to be there when you need someone
if my actions were droplets,
please let these be so.
7.10.2022
Cool down
take another minute looking at the mirror
you might see something’s off
really, take it in and think.
in your eyes, see that there’s something burning
the way you tighten your jaws, raise the eyebrow,
and tighten your lips might be saying something
before it leaks through words and actions,
take a break.
take the emergency exit to respite
and take a deep breath. in. then out.
it might be no so bad after all.
7.9.2022
Age
if it is inevitable that we must change,
I do hope that we change towards
peace, enlightenment, and revelations.
what age will reveal,
we may perhaps know
when we turn around and look back
but for now, let us keep our head down
and hope for a better one.
7.8.2022
Depth
sometimes to see the rules of the nature
you have to break the rules of the people
taking a deep dive into immersive creativity
perhaps truth is found only in freedom
which path will you take?
a path of bitterness and blame
or the path of serenity and serendipity?
7.7.2022
Finishing line
have I done it?
have I made it to the finishing line?
or is this rather an illusion
for yet another revision?
I enjoy this journey; yes, I truly do
but I do crave for a good respite
to not having to gear up for a battle
with my laptop keyboard
to defend for my inspiration
just a tidbit rest, and I’ll be back to this game again
so if you could answer:
have I done it?
7.6.2022
Overdrive
what is the secret to writing?
do you drink a special potion?
is there a ritual to perform?
what magic do you have to do
to distill a thought so artful
and capture it so purely
it will enrapture everyone’s attention?
what is the secret to writing?
7.5.2022
Candle fire
please let me keep my warmth;
it is a cold, cold world here.
and this white blizzard does not seem to die down.
I must keep going, I know I must,
but it is darn too cold.
warmth I once knew like the glaring sun
dwindled down into a candle fire.
please let me keep my warmth;
it’s darn too cold here.
7.4.2022
Price
when I run into a mishap
I wonder what bad thing I had done in the past.
when a hair follicle falls from my head,
when a ball of ice-cream falls from my cone,
or when I was supposed to be on a Zoom meeting an hour ago,
I dig into my memory bag,
looking for a piece of memory
where I had to apologize.
then it feels rather fair;
the world we live in.
7.3.2022
Caffeine
it’s a tricky, making a contract with caffeine
to let it wield my will to the extreme
so I could get work done.
yet let us find a way to have fun
in this chaotic parade of goals and tasks
one day the song might end and you ask
“what an enjoyable ride, wasn’t it”?
7.2.2022
Ralph with Coffee 
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