To Her (Red Rose)

To her,
a red rose is for
A kiss to a heart that has melted me
Just when the sun warmly shines
fading away the cold nights

To her,
a red rose is for
where the beauty comes endlessly
the address of every single heart beat
in unforgotten memories of your smile

Let me think of you,
Think of you fondly
Put away the loneliness

Let me hold you,
Hold you eternally
take away my weary mind

of waiting until the dawn comes

(this poem has been composed as a song)

MEMPELAI HATI

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Fantasy

Wandering inside my dream
Shapes of unfamiliar souls come across
Carrying with them a tune of questions
Filled with colours yet to be acquainted

Clothed themselves in shrouds of revelation
Revealing only what the sun's rays reflect
Blinding the mind I so carefully nurture
In the reveries of time's perilous journey

They danced the dance of an abstract
Together with the brush's insensible lines
Or strokes of feet tip-toeing on the canvas floor
Tearing it down to pieces of laughter

Be it smiles or frowns printed on faces
Simply I cannot distinct from each other
All I could hear are silent whispers
Of lyrics singing my life's songs

It is yesterday knocking on my heart
Along with today and the future
Befriended by the one and only true companion
The walk of my life I named Fantasy

Love

Some say
You'd know when love sets in
It is like a lightning strike
In a sunny afternoon
With clouds shying away in the distance

Others would say
Love grows with you
Just like the eyes ages on
Gaining the glaring stare
As wisdom and bitterness bundle

A few have said
Love is from God
Without Him
All are just emotions
On board a "Magic Mountain" roller coaster ride

I sayLove is all of them
God and emotions, wisdom and bitterness
A lightning strike, the sun and the clouds
Love is life, the life we have
The life, I so freely give
Altogether with love

In My Ears

A whisper
That's all I heard
It was between my dreams
And the waking moment of morning

Again, a whisper
Softly nudging at my ear
Move aside it said
Move aside and give me space

Once more, another whisper
Loud and shocking, discomforting my eardrums
Compelling my eyes to open wide
Still red from their dream-full night

Slowly I pieced together the shape
Of where the whispers came
An abstract losing its dimensions
And complexity of colours

There it was
Simply stunning
And inviting
The shape of sweetness
The shape of Reason