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Journey of the night*
1.
Đêm.
Chuyến du hành đang lơ lửng trôi chợt vấp phải một tiếng thở dài...
- Buồn huh?
- Không.
- Khổ huh?
- Không.
- Chán huh?
- Không.
- Tương tư?
- Không.
- Thất vọng?
- Không.
- Cái gì cũng không. Thế tại sao lại thở dài?
- Giời hành.
- Hành ai? Why?
- Tôi. Don't know why.
- Thú vị nhỉ. Tôi-here cũng đang định thử giời hành.
- With whom? You?
- Bất cứ ai miễn không phải là tôi.
Im lặng. Tiếng thở dài ngưng.
Chuyến du hành yên tâm tiếp tục cuộc lơ lửng trôi...
Rồi bất chợt đâu đó từ phía sau rèm mây xám màu áo dạ*, gió quăng quật chuyển mình thả vào không gian tiếng rên lồng lộng:
- Hành tôi...xin hành tôi...pleazzze!
Đêm.
Và những chuyến du hành đơn độc.
Món quà dành riêng cho những kẻ quên ngủ.
(hay không muốn ngủ)
2.
He always comes to visit me in cauchemars.
He loves to scratch my charming dreams with his metal finger claws.
He said that would send me back to now-reality.
His name is Freddy Krueger.*
3.
In reality - (now, then or never) - there is an invisible stone wall overshadowing the cottage we've built for love.
We couldn't bring it down because we can't see it.:z13:
Pink
https://i.imgur.com/bNzh6kf.png
Your Words*
I will thank you
For your voice
It adds a weight to the hem of the veil
That will press down
The curtain of secrecy
Your words, your octave, your spacing
Will appear before my closed eyelids
As an artist painting a self portrait
Of a man I have never seen
Or touched or tasted
Each word, each stroke
Each layer, each contradiction
Will transform the ghosts of imagination
And define your reality
I pray for this one word:
Hello!
Brenda Atry
2017
https://i.imgur.com/puIKZKN.png
There is no one other than you
Who think of you
There are no memories - only
Your own mirror image
This loneliness is born out of infidelity
I found empty envelopes in my letter box
And you can find words running through my nerves
Now I can fill up the sky with verses
But beloved soil
I have lost your address
https://i.imgur.com/VsGgHzG.png
"Death smiles at us all. All we can do is smile back."
Marcus Aurelius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnNxifX2Oe0
...Và cũng từ đó, chị em chúng tôi trở thành những giải sao băng...
băng băng ngang trời/băng băng ngang đời/băng theo chân người/người ơi cuộc chơi...*Mxưa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTWVEu6diGw
Mẹ như biển
Anh như mây
Em làm con sóng vỗ
Life is sweet
As it is
https://i.imgur.com/m5N79Sx.png
I Love You*
I love your brown eyes
I love your button nose
I love your messy morning hair
And your teeny, tiny toes
I love your big bright smile
And your little pearly whites
I love your pointy chin
And your silky smooth skin
I love your long little fingers
And your chubby little cheeks
I love your ducky walk
And your never ending talk
I love it when you sing
And start splashing the bath
I love it when you sleep
Snuggled in my arms
I love you with all my heart
No matter what it may be
Sometimes I love for no reason
And sometime because you're my sweet honeybee
Umanga Wijesena
https://i.imgur.com/JJIiyof.png
Circle Of Life*
Life is a Carousel, always going forward, never going back
Existence is a hard thing to keep when you stop trying
To live a life, you must want to live
To want to live, you must find a way
When all hope is lost, you must stand tall
When all others retreat, you must prevail
You are the conscience inside your head
You create your own destiny
Life is a very hard thing to keep
When your life does not always go the way you plan
Fight for your life and the right to keep dreaming
If you feel you were gifted, share your gift
If you feel you were cursed, fix it
As you get older, your life becomes a challenge
Who are you?
What do you want in life?
What will you be?
What is your purpose in life?
If you worry, these things will turn into burdens
But if you hold on to them in the back of your mind
All of the answers will come in time
Life is a Carousel, always going forward, never going back
Look to the future, not to the past
Carly Nasch
2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmJxNX6IFJ4
You might live a season
But my heart love you
Eternity & a day!
https://i.imgur.com/ijZ3gfN.png
The Girl In The Sky*
Beautiful and praised
The moon is someone beloved
Someone who others watched
But she was lonely
Left alone in a vast space
With no one to love her
The way she wanted them to
She felt abandoned
People talked about her
But never to her
Leaving her out of their fun
Their late night walks
And their celebrations
She was a lovely flower
With gentle features that made her beautiful
Caring grey eyes
And plump rosy lips
And bright bold colors that made her unique
And shine like a peacock
Everyday she wondered what she can do
To make them appreciate her
But she never notices how much she is cared for
As she faces away from those who cherish her
One day there will be someone
Who loves the moon as she wants to be
Who can make her happy
And put a smile on her face
So the moon waits
And waits
For that day to come
Keeping hope in her heart
Amy Moreno
https://i.imgur.com/5IB3wJJ.png
For Love of Day, For Love of Night*
In shadows’ veils, at end of night,
Sweet moon removes her modest light
And softly, yet again, exhales
At end of night, in shadows’ veils
As she departs, her love’s released
To climb the stairway to the east
They cannot meet to share their hearts
Her love’s released as she departs
She watches him while hid from view
The way he kisses morning’s dew
And sees gold rays spill from his rim
While hid from view, she watches him
Sad moon, alone for centuries
With awe has watched sun leave, cerise
While she, afar how cold she’s grown
For centuries, sad moon alone
She takes his place so he may rest
And though forlorn, she’s always dressed
In lace, for luna has great grace
So he may rest, she takes his place
For love of night, for love of day
She can’t implore him that he sway
From course to be apart' their plight
For love of day, for love of night
Andrea Dietrich
*This is an art form called Swap Quatrain, where first line's phrases swap in the last line of each stanza.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CusCZ6Yijo
Well, good luck, love!
I'll pray for your new journey.
May it last through coming seasons...:z58:
https://i.imgur.com/mrDx65U.png
LOVE
Sophie Zelmani
A letter to burn
A letter to send
And to return
Secrets arise
Secrets live for a while
Maybe long to die
Love doesn't know
When to stay away
Love doesn't choose among
Nights and days
Love simply stands in the way
A travel to make
A travel to break
And to go back
Histories are made
Remembered and saved
But they will fade
Love doesn't know
When not to appear
Love doesn't excuse itself anywhere
Love is just suddenly here
Love doesn't know
When it's not allowed
Love doesn't understand
To ever be shut out
Love doesn't know
Of what manners would say
Love just gets sick if it's sent away
Love just gets in the way
https://i.imgur.com/pswmrdI.png
Days of Wine and Roses
Songwriters: Henry N. Mancini / Johnny Mercer
Artist: Rosemary Clooney
The days of wine and roses
Laugh and run away like a child at play
Through a meadow land toward a closing door
A door marked "nevermore"
That wasn't there before
The lonely night discloses
Just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses
And you
Just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses
And you
https://i.imgur.com/oImbHdd.png
And if I go
I will wish you the best
Tell me, yes
And I can go elsewhere
And if I'm scared
Could I count on you
For all those hours
I have only you
I would be strong even half dead
I would build once more, the door
Even if the devil takes me
And if I hurt
Say you'll always be there
On behalf of our love
In my life now, without you
And if I cry
From a distance you'd comfort me
Even if my heart is too heavy
And it no longer beats for you
I would be strong, I will not cry
But say you'll always be proud
And I would find tthe light
And if love
Had to cross my path
Say you're for it
That my happiness will be yours
And if love
Meant to meet my destiny
Tell me, one day
One day...One day...
I would do
Love
https://i.imgur.com/hrEUbBf.png
Ari Ben Canaan:
A year is a long time in the life of a pretty woman.
Have you found another man?
Kitty Fremont:
Nothing serious.
Ari Ben Canaan:
Why not?
Kitty Fremont:
Many reasons.
One is that my husbands work took up his whole life and I presume that's good or at least most men seem to seem to think so.
But I think that a man whose work is his whole life is only half a man.
Ari Ben Canaan:
And you want a whole one?
Kitty Fremont:
Exactly. The other half of his life must be a woman, what else?
Pink June*
Em gửi sang cho tôi một bó calla lily màu hồng phấn đính kèm một lời mời. Tôi chưa biết phải trả lời sao cho em vui.
Mùa hè là mùa em được nghỉ ngơi nhưng lại luôn là một mùa rực cháy vô cùng bận bịu nơi tôi làm việc, double-dose of wind-mill & dizziness esp. cho năm nay, khi tôi đang nổi cơn thu xếp "hành trang" chuẩn bị cho chuyến du hành cuối của cuộc đời mình. Em la làng "It's not yet your time, madame!" trong speaker phone. Well, em, I could sense that I'm running out of time now - in order to continue to breathe & to live. There are some places I definitely want to go (or to return?). There are some people I sincerely yearn to see (and give a proper last embrace?). Before it's too late. Before it's all ended. "We still have the rebirth" huh? I don't know, em! Rebirth is always a mystery in which we all hope for a happy reunion that we already missed in this life. What if we're gonna miss it again due to "bát cháo lú" mà chúng ta bắt buộc phải nuốt trên cầu Nại Hà rưng rưng sóng vỗ?!
Mười năm đã qua rồi phải không em? Ah, cái chu kỳ 10 năm oái oăm, oan nghiệt. Em đã làm gì với cuộc đời em? Tôi đã làm gì với cuộc đời tôi? Em có vui không, có hạnh phúc không? Tôi ư? Ừ thì cũng có đôi lúc tưởng chừng vui...Mà sao nỗi vui chóng vánh đã không thể nào khỏa lấp được cái shadow khổng lồ của một nỗi buồn diệu vợi...Em hỏi tôi có điều gì hối tiếc không sau những chặng đường gập ghềnh khúc khuỷu bắt buộc phải vượt qua. Ah, em, có đấy, rất nhiều nữa là khác. Nhưng dù có hối tiếc đến mấy cũng chẳng thể thay đổi đươc bất cứ điều gì, có phải? Whatever happened already happened. At least, @the end, you still plant a vast of pink calla lilies in your own garden with care & love. And I still receive them as a sweet embrace from you with a smile in my trouble heart.
Life is not easy to deal with sometimes...
But smiles aren't too expensive to have once in a while...
Are they?
Em vui nhé!
And don't forget to smile with your sweet pink calla lilies...
In June.
Psr.
2019
Cultivation*
Farmers cultivate land for food grains.
Businessmen and money lenders cultivate invested money for gain.
Air cultivates icebergs in the sea of cloud for rain.
Philosophers cultivate thoughts to see truth ahead.
Scientists' experiments cultivate for results to be set for benefit.
Writers and poets cultivate inner sense for something to express.
Judges cultivate law in courts to feed reasonable justice.
By the way or on the way,
All cultivate something for only needs.
In this world,
Cultivation always certainly feeds.
BL Devnath
2011
*how could love cultivates hearts those already "chit-tot"?:z58:
https://i.imgur.com/mkB9tY3.png
Love is stronger far than we*
(Plus Fort Que Nous - Francis Lai)
We tell ourselves another season
We turn away and find the reason
We close our eyes to what we see
But love is stronger far than we
When we are close the world is singin'
And when we touch the moonlight is wingin'
And there's no way to disagree
For love is stronger far than we
When hearts are meant for caring
And lives are meant for sharing
Then we are joined by destiny
For love is stronger far than we
Yes, we may say another season
May say goodbye and find the reason
But love decides how things must be
For love is stronger far than we
Love is stronger far than we