How strange it is that the green I see is not the green I'll see,
That the world around me is a world that will soon cease to be,
Seconds same as seconds, but ticks will take their toll,
What was today will be a day that won't be evermore.
Slowly circling above like vultures stalking prey,
getting lower, lower more, we eagerly await.
When the time is ours, destination close at hand,
we plunge into the night, diving towards the land.
Down towards hell we dive, with only faith to guide,
claws outstretched and reaching, wings sprawled out each side.
We arrive on target, let loose a thunderous roar,
live to hunt another day and tell this tale once more.
I put down my pencil, my test is completed,
I pack up my stuff, my snack left uneaten,
my final final's finally finished.
On the last day of this laborious week,
with essays to write and tests to complete,
most of the students have already departed
for a summer vacation that has already started.
so tranquil beneath the brilliant blue sky
is the campus I've walked over so many times,
hushing tree leaves dance to the wind,
as a part of me ends and a new start begins
The memories I've stowed away,
begin to surface once more,
I relive those happy days
when I hear those sweet chords.
The flowing melodies of trees,
gently wrap around my heart,
the upbeat tempo of the beach,
I recall from end to start
The time we spent so carefree
the days we thought would never end
the common bond of our story
a simple word, "Transcend".
Sometimes, when the day is gone, and night has come at last,
I turn the lights inside my room, off and I sit back
and listen to the dulcet symphony from the world outside,
a tranquil composition called "The Calm of Eventide"
I let the dark envelop me and whisk my cares away,
engulf my thoughts and worries, from earli'r in the day.
The stillness of the nighttime air soothes my frantic mind,
and slows my erratic heart to match its peaceful time.
Nestled in her bosom, enraptured by her charms.
Eventually I dream, asleep in twilight's arms
Like a song bird 'pon the tree
who cannot, will not speak to me
a song that others love to hear
is silent to my deafened ears
In others, love and joy it sows
the inner beauty of this rose,
I see nothing but dead leaves
withered, wrinkled, dry to me
Distant mountains in their hand
yet I grasp nothing but loose sand
much like clouds I cannot reach,
a distant goal I can't achieve.
I shut my eyes,
My imagination soars
away from life.
A stream calls out,
hidden in the midst
of this unknown crowd.
A lullaby rises,
spreading upon the air,
smooth like silk.
Pitter Patter
Tears hit the roof
I wake from imagination,
My eyes blink open,
the dream lost to memory.
Maybe one day
the solitude and calm
might come again.
The words you thought to be godsent
the words you thought so permanent
with time, will all fade to white
scattered dust, forgotten sight.
Your similes, metaphors,
and symbols everywhere adorned,
will crumble underneathe the weight
of eternal unwav'ring fate
What can you do so you may save,
the words that you, to mankind, gave
a droplet in an ocean wide
forgotten with the coming tide
Though major battles fought and done,
my war, has just begun
as fellow soldiers head for home,
I set off alone
Towards a sunset bleeding red,
my shaking heart is filled with dread
I'm out of time and ill prepared
I expect the worst and brace for death.
Weapon grasped, hand unsteady
despite the call for armed and ready,
my beating heart like drums of war
drowns my soul in thunderous roar.
Fearful for my fragile future,
regretful of my past,
praying that this final battle,
will not be my last