Only the Night and Us

 * A Point in Time *

3

Only the Night and Us

Only the night and us

Only our breath

Only our slither

We explored

We meandered

We twisted and coiled

Moon halo

Burning chase

Raw mystique

Like midnight creatures

to the murmurs

and snuggle of the night.

A Time in Maastricht

 * A Point in Time *

2

A Time in Maastricht

I welcomed the numbing cold

As I burrowed into your warmth

crossing the cobbled bridge

The hot sausage spurted warmth

As I licked it off your lips.

The Salt of Pain

 * A Point in Time *

1

The Salt of Pain

I tasted the salt of pain

How it

shrieked and shrilled

through the veins

The eyes see no form

The ears hear no tone

Pain was a cold body

drenched in sweat.

And you said

that you have

eaten more rice

than I have

tasted salt.

My pain

is temporal.

Living the Real Life

 * When I Falter *

10

Living the Real Life

What’s the real life?

It’s living the truth

None can maim the truth

None can change the truth

When you live the truth

You live the real life

And the truth is not a lie

And you do not live a lie.

Choice

 * When I Falter *

9

Choice

I

Years that gave so much

and so much taken too

Roads I boldly took

Roads I refused to leave

Ignorance and pride

Lodged in cement

of convictions

II

Time of triumph

when there was no applause

Still I have been proud

Time of mind and passion locked

The only regret

It was all too soon gone

Time of the hearts

The only game played

Only for love and the other

Time of right and wrong

Says everyone, it was wrong

I refused to be wrong

Time of shadows

When I forgot to care

Leaving only tears

III

I plod on

Praying to be right

Praying to be safe

Weighed on, by

Wreaths of woe

Garlands of mirth, too

Rules of life

The only strength

was from within

IV

And so I was then

And so I am now

A choice

A decision.

Bloom and Floom

 * When I Falter *

8

Bloom and Floom

Blooms of chrysanthemum

Bound one to the other

Fresh or sun-dried

Breathing fragrance

Scent to a quiet heart

Faint to a bitter heart.

Only Amusing, Now

 * When I Falter *

7

Only Amusing, Now

With a bold tug

She pulls him through the gate

Whispering bamboos

Keng Hua bloom

Scent of Angel’s Trumpets

The night is only stars

Giggles and chuckles

Scented skin and soft breathing

A brush, and a smack

Good God, mosquitoes!

Breathless no more!