LOVE AND SUNSHINE

I cannot say I am caring 

Not that I am pretending 

I know life has change a lot 

Since I met you 

Sometimes it is difficult to breath

Like drowning in an open sea 

Without you

My emotion is thrown into the thrash 

I am worthless on my own 

The beauty of a woman

Like a flower needs rain and sunshine 

And tendering of your love to survive 

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THE SCENT OF SORROW

You say I am beautiful 
But love could not find me 
You say I am happy
But I am dying in silence 

If wishes are real 
Why am I still dreaming? 
Every day, out on the street 
All I see is human suffering 

Does it mean the world is lost?
She is unambiguously disoriented 
That love cannot wipe away the scar 
Not even for the tears of a little child

If this is the definition of life 
I will be better off dead 
I can no longer bear to see humanity 
Treated like stray goats

Do not we used to have conviction? 
A mind not of hateful retention
There are bloodstains on the side walk 
Yet we walk blindly and could not see 

Is it until the sun is gone? 
The stars and moon burnt 
That we will come to perceive 
The scent of sorrow

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LIFE WITHOUT A DREAM

Life is awful without dream 
There is nothing to propel the heart within 
To strife to attain greatness 
Instead she wanders in obliviousness 

The cloud is high above the sky 
But a little bird never gives up flying 
She let the wind hold her wings 
Guide her until she reach up to touch the sky 

How long will you depend on food and shelter
Feeding from the hands of your aging parent
Yet defying everything they taught you
Because you met life in a platter of gold

How then can you have a brighter future?
If you are always doing what is wrong
The path you are walking leads to a dark torrent
It is not too late to learn to evolve

No doubt the world is full of discouragement 
This is merely to test the strength of your mind 
When confronted with challenges 
Do you put up a fight or do you sit down and cry?

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