i don’t know you,
but if I could offer you one thing,
I would give you my smile.
I can’t feel what you are feeling now
but I hope this smile will give you warmth,
like a flash of sunlight from a car in the street.
I wish you well.
2.14.2024
Tag: smile
Cotton candy
I don’t know why
but you’ve been in my mind
like a sweet blue sky
shining in my eyes
I am trying to keep my mind
from reaching that high
but like a cotton candy that fly
high into summer sky
my eyes open too wide
with your smile.
9.21.2023
Professional
remember the difficult times;
appreciate the lessons it gave you.
remember the star in the dark sky;
it still shines brightly within you.
hold on to your iron principles
and smile with the lightness of the sky
7.6.2023
Smile
if you feel the boiling anger
in every fiber of your muscle
smile. and forget about them all.
let’s instead stay curious
a solution to this complicated problem
may lie just in front of our eyes
if we can just have a laugh
and look at it again.
6.17.2023
Spirit
I don’t know what to call it.
Memory? Shadow? Spirit?
One moment you see a person,
the next, you don’t see them.
Your friend, your mom or dad, your teacher,
one moment you see them with your eyes.
the next, you don’t.
So you believe.
You believe they are there with you.
just out of sight,
but they are there with you.
When I walk on the street,
or sit in an empty room,
I feel their presence.
And I remember/sense/imagine:
The way they talk,
the way they gesture,
the way they tell you
that they love you.
it is unmistakable.
I want to tell them:
“I remember all of you”
so I try leaving such tenderness
in the hearts of those dear to me.
As they have done for me.
5.4.2023
Possibility
some may say it’s irrational
some may say it’s not cost-effective
but I hold on
because of a possibility
piercing through this transparent veil
and reach a life I’ve been dreaming of.
it’s the spice behind my smile
it’s the final grip at the end of the day
that believe in this possibility.
3.18.2023
Stay
at the moment with embrace the full impact:
the pang of shame, regret, guilt, and whatnot;
I know that impulse — impulse to end it all —
but just don’t go yet.
don’t go walking into that darkness yet.
stay a little while.
take a deep breath with me — and
let it go — as naturally as it all should be.
notice the white dots in the dark sky —
shining brightly, traveling across universe —
to meet you at your eyes.
so stay a little while longer.
take it one step at a time.
in time, we’ll get there
and look back at it all and smile.
2.5.2023
Overcome
overcome this no matter what it takes.
yes, it’s a tidal wave of mountainous force
the world as known before is shattering
the firm ground giving away into a void
like a tornado, it’ll pull you into a vortex
faster and deeper into the darkness
but overcome this no matter what it takes.
for there will be a day with a beautiful sun
a peaceful calm blue sky over the head
and you will see a smile
on the most beautiful face
you have ever seen.
so overcome this no matter what it takes.
1.21.2023
Today
I did live today to my full potential
thanks to that, I remembered our days
days where we walked slowly together
talking about our dreams
and occasional dance we did together
in a warm haven of ours
oblivious to the world outside
smooth, soft, and slow
and when our eyes were open
crystal clear sun rays would tickle
world slowly awaken and reborn
오늘 하루 열심히 살았어요
덕분에 그대와의 좋은 기억이 났어요
세상이 어떻게 돌아가던
우리만의 아늑함 속에
느리게 추던 춤이 생각나요
10.16.2022
Sunset encounter
it was, albeit brief, a bright encounter
the wind was blowing the right way
the nostalgic sun light laid down warmly
as if written in the book,
as if it is the time to turn a page,
we arrived here: finally — quickly —
eye contact; flash of timid smile;
a question; a surprise; more thinking;
a bit; a burst of laughter;
explosion of emotions;
and then it came to an end —
with it, starts a dream of another rendez-vous
within you
9.13.2022
Ralph with Coffee 
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