Wandering with the Wind...

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Ahhhhhh man...Today's...relatively...ok.

Wrote a poem titled "A Child of Dreams".

Here goes.

A Child of Dreams

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You're a child,

So innocent and happy

Full of surprise and looking towards life.

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And there came the dreams

To hold your hand through

And nothin' mattered but your dreams.

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You've believed that dreams were here,

Always alongside you.

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Years have passed and you're a teen,

So credible and trusting,

Full of cautiousness and reticence ahead.

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And there came the dreams

To kindle hope in you,

But you no longer had time for dreams.

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You've believed that dreams were possible,

But so faraway and distant.

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Handling the office, you're a man,

So suspecting and careful,

Full of wariness in everything you do.

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And there came the dreams,

To provide you warmth,

But you began to forget their presence.

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You've believed that dreams were just dreams,

An unreadable taunt of life.

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Now you sit in the yard, a wise old man,

So experienced yet so lonely

Empty of strength to plan your last fend.

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And there you've went

Searching for your dreams

To return to that long-lost imaginary world.

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You've believed that dreams were still out there

Always awaiting your return.

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But no, they're not.

Not anymore.

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Haiz...some emo poem, eh?

Anyway Denise said that the ending, the "not anymore" part, was exactly the same as the "Crashing Dreams" poem she wrote and didn't want me to use it. In the end, sorry Denise but I just have to say, I still used "not anymore" as the ending.

It is my own free choice to use such an ending, such two words to bring my poem to its final slumber. I didn't lift it out of your poem, and I never violated your copyrights if you had them. Expression is free. Like what Azzy says, nobody should change a poet's thoughts and it's just wrong to do so. We can't control others' minds anyway.

Silent Sentinel

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The sentinel stares

Cold and aloof

As though he could see through

Everything I'd concealed.

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And slowly, cautiously, I peep past the bars

Caked with rust of old age,

Filled with the ire to challenge

All that he had in hold.

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The wind was forlorn, slithering around

As I dragged my shoes through the snow.

Every inch in count and detailed

Within the tenseness of my heart.

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I looked into his eyes,

They were blank but imposing,

And cringing, I swallowed

In the hostility of his reserved character.

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Now slowly I edged

Past the fume of his aura,

A shiver melting down my nerves

Like ice in a fire.

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I passed him.

He said nothing,

But merely gazed after me

A hint of frustration in his eyes.

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And I realized

In the broken chain of words

That he had failed to speak - or rather

He couldn't.

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And smiling, I knew I had won my rights.

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Okay anyway tomorrow I'm gonna go back to Nan Hua! Oh and today I played Eltheron in audi it was so damn fun ppl thought I was a noob but got surprised when I kept winning. XD So fun.

Played balloon volleyball today. 107 was sooooo nice, we had a great time playing the balloon thing! Spent the whole lunch doing so. Had class party for both Mrs J and Mrs Chia too. XD REMINDS ME OF TIMES BACK IN 6G 07!!! ^^

Awwwww........night, cya!

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~~~*The Winds struck at 10.13pm*~~~

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