On Humankind's Spring
To talk about spring is to talk about youth beginning humankind’s spring
To talk about education is to talk about youths’ journey to future
So it is said we are the youth of the country’s spring
We have millions of youngsters growing up each day
We have millions of futures throughout the country
We are all the nation’s spring
What there is to do for humanity’s spring
What there is to do for the peoples’ future
Today’s millions
Future’s millions exponentially
Humanity
What education we have for future
What we lead to the past of the next twenty years ahead
Humanity
Respect
Communion
And
Love
This world is nil
This world is null
If it is not for love
In the beginning there was love
In the beginning there was the Word
The Word is love
The Word is I AM
Youths brings the Word’s message
Youths bring human love
mixed feelings
hope
for the old day image
meeting the old timer
memories bits and pieces
all came back
of a fading day and month and year
when we were still …
life is like a horse flying by the window
we all have grown old
we both have grown old
destiny has not let us
be together the old days
it still does today
so keep them
memories of the past
memories of the carefree and thoughtful
keep it that way
so that we can have each other
until
eternity
farewell
that’s it
eighty eight years and one month left
one more beer and one more cup
of wine and coffee
and then i’ll be gone
forever
i have drunk and i have lived
i have fought and i have cried
for the child who has been lost
for the child who has run wild
for myself who has been beaten
and for dreams never achieved
i have drunk and i have laughed
for victory and for vanity
in a wily intoxicated state
of mind
unto dust now i am returning
bearing the human life
and embracing all
my children and others
awaiting a reunion
together being dust and
nihility
pray for me all humanity
pray for us all lost souls
pray for heaven never come
and for peace that is ever
No departure
is like any other
when the whistle blows
and the train chugs away
the heart goes down and
heads try not to turn
afraid not to be able
to be determined
to go on
to depart
that’s when
i cry for the love lost …
why go on?
why try to cling on?
life’s meaningless
while you’re gone
or i am
from each one’s heart
love’s no more
that’s when we decide
to depart
it’d be better this way
so that we can
keep the best of us
in the other’s heart
where we used to have
the best time of life
so that we can look back
one day
and say we loved and were happy
but
love is only beautiful
when it is had and lost
and life loses its fun
when love consummates
better to travel than ever arrive
Incognito
how long have we known each other?
how long do you think we have known each other?
how much do we know about each other?
most of you remain incognito to me
most of mine remain incognito to you
but we try
to pretend to know each other
and love each other
only to one day realize we are incognito to one another
to our shocking knowledge
who are you?
we asked
but that’s the end of life
when we realize the true identity in each other
never try to understand each other’s identity
we’re told
not to get disillusioned
of one another
and die happily
in each other’s embrace
incognito
One old day
waking up
seeing you beside
happy
that’s so simple
the old days
sleeping in embraces
tomorrow would be happy
then things changed
we changed
I back to the past
you forward to the new
us leaving behind
the peaceful days and months
no longer the lovers’ nest
ragged and tattered
the long days and months
no longer looking
into the eyes
that’s they say
the moment of departure
the moment of farewell
neither wanted to get back
neither wanted to withdraw
life has ended
in us
how can we return
when either is lost
in the strange worlds
of each’s own
bye bye my old love
that used to get me back
half the world around
no regret and now
longingly recalling
my friend
just said goodbye
and gone
to the other side
of life
and he sent back
a different picture
of him
bathing in a light
brighter than what
he had seen
he said
that is
the light of
afterlife
until
he said
that’s
the beginning
of hell
Long time no see
that’s a hi
for the long time
you were away
just a hi
calling to mind
a sky of nostalgia
the old days
beautiful and bitter
moments
misundersandings
and desperate expectations
you would have come
I would have waited
the river of life flew past
quietly
you and me
beside each other’s life
far far apart
oblivious in our own
suffering, happiness, fighting
forgetting a promise
of a date never spoken out
but ever always there
in mind, in soul
unaware
subconscious
emerging in dreams
only in dreams
beautiful dreams
but
never realized
never coming alive
then now
rushing back
when you called
what’s awaiting us
down the line
at the end of life
at the end of love
when again
us getting stuck
in a new dilemma
you with all your past
me with all mine
never never be
happy in our own happiness
I recall
being young and proud
arrogant and ignorant
strong and energetic
looking at the world
with half an eye
smiling at the world and
failing
to see
the speck
in my eyes.
Life gallops
by the window
looking back and
seeing me stupid
now
laughing at myself
still proud
as in the old days
not regretting
being stupid
just regret
not loving you strong enough
to step forward
and say
I love you
no excuse
no apology
love is enough
inside me
it shines
thinking of you with love
that’s enough for me
for me you’re beautiful
as ever
quiet path of life
passes by
everybody involved
forgetting everything else
except the path ahead
trying to remember
to stop by a friend
an old friend
a brother
mom
dad
reminding each other
there is still someone
something to recall
today tomorrow
until death
fading are the days
we are together or were
for the moment has become
history
drink and get lost
so that the moment
becomes so close
and intimate
we are so much
in love
for
each other
you and I
promising for the day
we meet again
in the place we used to
be together
far and far away
long and long ago
the mountain
the cold loneliness
of each other
for each other
we the lost generation
never meet again
the sea
still surfs against the sand
and recedes
as it has
thousands of years
before us
before you
against your feet
against your love
cherishing the moment
that moment only
eternal and fleeting
in oblivion
once
there was only one
it’s me
then you came
and broke my heart
wish
that you had left
me alone
forever in oblivion
so
I would not
be alone
now
seems
forever
remember
the feelings
we had
together
nervous and shy
but
strong and intense
for each other
just friends
more than friends
forbidden love
but prevailed
Smile
apathetic eyes
crooked arms
crippled legs
you are lying
all day
all night
staring at the ceiling
life is there and then
a spot in space
nothing to see
all smiling
parents unrelated
brothers unrelated
sisters unrelated
all a family unrelated
all tied together
in a permanent bonding
handicapped
and retarded
and Tet …
is fleeting
and lasting
mom
goodbye, mom
to the city again
I go
goodbye, mom
to the struggle, again
I engage
all the misery and sufferings
you went through
now it is my turn to bear
for the sake of all I care
now I love you more
all your hardships bringing us up
the whole life
the whole loneliness since father died
oh mom
how you could suffer all
so that I can be
the person I am today
mom, forgive me today
and forever
cos I had to leave you there
all alone again
in loving nostalgia
for our childhood
and father
it will be my turn one day
to see my children off
to the wide world
and in my turn
left alone
in loving nostalgia
for all their childhood
oh my kids
oh my immortal mom
and dad
I love you all
Lagi
back to Lagi
back to memories
far far away and
long long ago
but it feels like
just yesterday
young and naive
full of strength and love
missing you
dove’s eyes
piercing through me
stunned and dead
in your eyes
oh my love
it is still there
fresh and pure
like yesterday
like forever
still missing you
why?
my love
wish that we were still
young and classmates
once in a while
you turned around
eyes met eyes
i was lost
up to now
the eyes
for ... ever
my love
wish we were
together
in eternal love
like youth and spring
To talk about spring is to talk about youth beginning humankind’s spring
To talk about education is to talk about youths’ journey to future
So it is said we are the youth of the country’s spring
We have millions of youngsters growing up each day
We have millions of futures throughout the country
We are all the nation’s spring
What there is to do for humanity’s spring
What there is to do for the peoples’ future
Today’s millions
Future’s millions exponentially
Humanity
What education we have for future
What we lead to the past of the next twenty years ahead
Humanity
Respect
Communion
And
Love
This world is nil
This world is null
If it is not for love
In the beginning there was love
In the beginning there was the Word
The Word is love
The Word is I AM
Youths brings the Word’s message
Youths bring human love
mixed feelings
hope
for the old day image
meeting the old timer
memories bits and pieces
all came back
of a fading day and month and year
when we were still …
life is like a horse flying by the window
we all have grown old
we both have grown old
destiny has not let us
be together the old days
it still does today
so keep them
memories of the past
memories of the carefree and thoughtful
keep it that way
so that we can have each other
until
eternity
farewell
that’s it
eighty eight years and one month left
one more beer and one more cup
of wine and coffee
and then i’ll be gone
forever
i have drunk and i have lived
i have fought and i have cried
for the child who has been lost
for the child who has run wild
for myself who has been beaten
and for dreams never achieved
i have drunk and i have laughed
for victory and for vanity
in a wily intoxicated state
of mind
unto dust now i am returning
bearing the human life
and embracing all
my children and others
awaiting a reunion
together being dust and
nihility
pray for me all humanity
pray for us all lost souls
pray for heaven never come
and for peace that is ever
No departure
is like any other
when the whistle blows
and the train chugs away
the heart goes down and
heads try not to turn
afraid not to be able
to be determined
to go on
to depart
that’s when
i cry for the love lost …
why go on?
why try to cling on?
life’s meaningless
while you’re gone
or i am
from each one’s heart
love’s no more
that’s when we decide
to depart
it’d be better this way
so that we can
keep the best of us
in the other’s heart
where we used to have
the best time of life
so that we can look back
one day
and say we loved and were happy
but
love is only beautiful
when it is had and lost
and life loses its fun
when love consummates
better to travel than ever arrive
Incognito
how long have we known each other?
how long do you think we have known each other?
how much do we know about each other?
most of you remain incognito to me
most of mine remain incognito to you
but we try
to pretend to know each other
and love each other
only to one day realize we are incognito to one another
to our shocking knowledge
who are you?
we asked
but that’s the end of life
when we realize the true identity in each other
never try to understand each other’s identity
we’re told
not to get disillusioned
of one another
and die happily
in each other’s embrace
incognito
One old day
waking up
seeing you beside
happy
that’s so simple
the old days
sleeping in embraces
tomorrow would be happy
then things changed
we changed
I back to the past
you forward to the new
us leaving behind
the peaceful days and months
no longer the lovers’ nest
ragged and tattered
the long days and months
no longer looking
into the eyes
that’s they say
the moment of departure
the moment of farewell
neither wanted to get back
neither wanted to withdraw
life has ended
in us
how can we return
when either is lost
in the strange worlds
of each’s own
bye bye my old love
that used to get me back
half the world around
no regret and now
longingly recalling
my friend
just said goodbye
and gone
to the other side
of life
and he sent back
a different picture
of him
bathing in a light
brighter than what
he had seen
he said
that is
the light of
afterlife
until
he said
that’s
the beginning
of hell
Long time no see
that’s a hi
for the long time
you were away
just a hi
calling to mind
a sky of nostalgia
the old days
beautiful and bitter
moments
misundersandings
and desperate expectations
you would have come
I would have waited
the river of life flew past
quietly
you and me
beside each other’s life
far far apart
oblivious in our own
suffering, happiness, fighting
forgetting a promise
of a date never spoken out
but ever always there
in mind, in soul
unaware
subconscious
emerging in dreams
only in dreams
beautiful dreams
but
never realized
never coming alive
then now
rushing back
when you called
what’s awaiting us
down the line
at the end of life
at the end of love
when again
us getting stuck
in a new dilemma
you with all your past
me with all mine
never never be
happy in our own happiness
I recall
being young and proud
arrogant and ignorant
strong and energetic
looking at the world
with half an eye
smiling at the world and
failing
to see
the speck
in my eyes.
Life gallops
by the window
looking back and
seeing me stupid
now
laughing at myself
still proud
as in the old days
not regretting
being stupid
just regret
not loving you strong enough
to step forward
and say
I love you
no excuse
no apology
love is enough
inside me
it shines
thinking of you with love
that’s enough for me
for me you’re beautiful
as ever
quiet path of life
passes by
everybody involved
forgetting everything else
except the path ahead
trying to remember
to stop by a friend
an old friend
a brother
mom
dad
reminding each other
there is still someone
something to recall
today tomorrow
until death
fading are the days
we are together or were
for the moment has become
history
drink and get lost
so that the moment
becomes so close
and intimate
we are so much
in love
for
each other
you and I
promising for the day
we meet again
in the place we used to
be together
far and far away
long and long ago
the mountain
the cold loneliness
of each other
for each other
we the lost generation
never meet again
the sea
still surfs against the sand
and recedes
as it has
thousands of years
before us
before you
against your feet
against your love
cherishing the moment
that moment only
eternal and fleeting
in oblivion
once
there was only one
it’s me
then you came
and broke my heart
wish
that you had left
me alone
forever in oblivion
so
I would not
be alone
now
seems
forever
remember
the feelings
we had
together
nervous and shy
but
strong and intense
for each other
just friends
more than friends
forbidden love
but prevailed
Smile
apathetic eyes
crooked arms
crippled legs
you are lying
all day
all night
staring at the ceiling
life is there and then
a spot in space
nothing to see
all smiling
parents unrelated
brothers unrelated
sisters unrelated
all a family unrelated
all tied together
in a permanent bonding
handicapped
and retarded
and Tet …
is fleeting
and lasting
mom
goodbye, mom
to the city again
I go
goodbye, mom
to the struggle, again
I engage
all the misery and sufferings
you went through
now it is my turn to bear
for the sake of all I care
now I love you more
all your hardships bringing us up
the whole life
the whole loneliness since father died
oh mom
how you could suffer all
so that I can be
the person I am today
mom, forgive me today
and forever
cos I had to leave you there
all alone again
in loving nostalgia
for our childhood
and father
it will be my turn one day
to see my children off
to the wide world
and in my turn
left alone
in loving nostalgia
for all their childhood
oh my kids
oh my immortal mom
and dad
I love you all
Lagi
back to Lagi
back to memories
far far away and
long long ago
but it feels like
just yesterday
young and naive
full of strength and love
missing you
dove’s eyes
piercing through me
stunned and dead
in your eyes
oh my love
it is still there
fresh and pure
like yesterday
like forever
still missing you
why?
my love
wish that we were still
young and classmates
once in a while
you turned around
eyes met eyes
i was lost
up to now
the eyes
for ... ever
my love
wish we were
together
in eternal love
like youth and spring