Now is the time.
Don’t let yourself fall asleep
to the sweet scent of nostalgia.
Remember what mattered.
Continue to evolve.
Focus on your dream.
11.2.2025
Orient
Tag: time
Perspective
As the number of years accumulate,
impossibly thin layers veils my eyes
warping the meanings behind minute details.
Once, I had rebuked them as sentimentalism
But now I look back at it and wonder
if this is what matters in the end.
A new chapter opens,
and flash of light signals the beginning of yet another race.
Hopefully, it’s in the warmth we find in these small details
that we can rest our souls at the end of the line.
10.29.2025
Paths
Which way must I go?
The longer I wait, the more I realize I have limited space.
What must I do now?
The passion, the righteousness, and the purpose
just a touch away from my finger tip.
What would I enjoy?
In the end, what will I find pride in?
How will I choose my day, and how will I write the history?
10.26.2025
Hammer
Hammer the blisteringly hot iron
even as the peaceful breeze passes by.
Weeping willows lackadaisically sweeping side to side will wonder
what may have gotten in to you.
Keep your head down,
eyes focused on the glowing crimson ore.
Listen to your pumping heart,
and know that you are alive,
beating against the stillness.
10.15.2025
Forgive
Can you forgive those who hurt you
because they thought the pain will do you good
but instead it has inflicted a lasting scar
whose roots reaches deepest core of your bones?
Them again,
have you ever hurt anyone
under the grand name of
“good intention”?
10.1.2025
Dinner
Would we meet again at the end?
Like how we end the day,
return to the dinner table
and chat about what happened during the day —
would we meet again at the end?
9.28.2025
Like
Regardless of what it is,
It is such a good feeling to know
that there is something that makes your heart beat fully.
Yes, it may look silly,
it may not be “productive”
but you will know
when your heart feels full,
and you just want to keep going.
I hope more times like this will last.
9.27.2025
Restless
A fire flickers on a flint of wood.
It is undeniably flammable,
yet so ephemeral and minute.
Let it become large, and it engulfs.
Let it dissipate, and no one will remember.
Let your eyes mesmerize in its glow,
and the time will slip by.
Stay awake. It may be painful,
but this is the only way.
9.26.2025
Time
Do you have time to just sit down and wonder?
To let your soul catch up with you
and make sense of what it all meant,
you need to slow down.
Talk. Talk to a person.
Resonate with them.
9.15.2025
Expectation
Once in awhile
stop chasing after the expectations.
Linger a little longer
and wonder what brought the spark in you.
9.9.2025
Ralph with Coffee 
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