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Wishful Thoughts
 

    Sometimes I wished,
the gaping wound in my heart,
could form lips and
voice the pain I feel...

Sometimes I wonder,
if the storm,
raging in my mind,
would be strong enough,
to break out and reach
for the sea of passion
I see only in your eyes....
Sometimes I wished,
the silent tears that spill,
from my eyes,
would crash against
the hard rocks that
that make up the
fortress of your defense....

Sometimes I wished that,
I could paint a love story,
with all the colors
of my eyes,
in those green eyes of yours,
that only dream of another....

Sometimes I pray,
for the one thing that
I can't give you,
one thing that I can't reach for,
that is hard to achieve,
that takes a lifetime
of devotion to understand,
but the angel of despair,
won't let me bring it to you,
had I even had it
in the palm of my hands.....

Sometimes the path,
in the middle of the woods
looks so desolate,
as I journey to my destiny,
without you....
The weary traveller in me asks,
what good is a road for,
if I can't reach home
with it........



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My Dream Within Your Eyes

 
                
(my phone rings...)
"Will you wake me up,
when I am asleep in your thoughts,
with a token of sweet surrender?
I can't wake up to any other calls,
and I'd rather be asleep all my life,

(I am alone thinking of you)
"Will this moment of love be frozen in time?
when I carelessly leaf through my memory
pages,
pages that you have written with your lips,
your voice, your gestures, your smiles,
your laughter, your tears, your joy, your
sorrows, your aloofness, your emptiness, and
your anxiousness.....
for, I don't want my memories to grow old,
nor do I want my love to die,
I'd rather I was gone instead....

(I am away from you)
"Last night I felt you cry,
I felt the pain deep in me,
I know you are so far away, but yet
your whispers sound so close,
telling me to be firm and strong,
for both our sakes,
I will be strong,
I will be firm, please believe me,
shed no more tears,
have no more fears,
we will be together,
and our hearts will beat as one....

(we are together)
"Will you hold me in your arms,
when nothing can contain my tremblings?
and I am so exhausted and weary,
from the journey we both made together.
and calm me with your carress,
and your warm and soft breath,
for I can't be comforted with any other
gestures,
and I'd rather die of shame....

(the one thing only you can give)
"Will you give me a little princess,
one that I can hold in the palm of my hands,
one that is so soft and warm,
one that looks at me with wonder,
but yet knows who I am,
will you give me a little mirror,
where I see my reflections,
as clearly as you see the moonlight
in a pool?
for I can't be content with any other gift,
and would rather lose my pride,
and my spirits would crumble at your feet....

-HS


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Eyes In A Blue Sky


In my world,
there is no emptiness,
no sorrows,
no tears, no tomorrows,
There is no sun,
there is no moon,
there is no time,
that would rather come too soon,
No fear, no pain,
no poverty, no complaint,
there is no reason,
there are no justifications,
cause there are no doubts,
and no suspicions,
No hunger, no sufferings,
no misery that a war brings,
no lonliness, no void,
no fears, no scars, no wicked games
played by an evil humanoid,
No barriers, no guards,
no prisoners, no cage,
no anger, no rage,
no screams, no bad dreams,
no deserts, no saltiness
in my eyes......
There is just you.....
-hs
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A World Painted in Colors


I know a place we can go,
Where there is peace
and tranquility~

where the blind can open their eyes
and see the sun,
where the crippled can rise and
jump and run,

where a broken man can
find strength to find himself again~~

I know a place we can go,
Where there is love and magic in the air
and blessings in every breath
we take~

where a lover is lonely no more,
where a beggar need not beg
at any door,

where a frog turns
into a prince from a simple kiss~~

I know a place we can go,
Where there is happiness,
and serenity~

where dreams do not shatter
to pieces,
where fate is not sealed
by the toss of dices,

where a lost soul finds his true home~~

This place is not in a land far away,
And is not on top of the highest mountain,
You don't have to cross seven seas,
To get there,

All we need to do is break down that door,
To our closed mind,

That imprisons our thoughts, acceptance and speech,
That binds our hand and feet,
Blindfolds our eyes, and puts restrictions
on what we can learn and teach~
That divide us into separate races, culture and religion,

That is the only heaven any one will ever know.

-hs
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