One single impression : win

My dear baby
Yes, I would like to see you win
Take home the big prize,
With the best result in the class
Which parent don’t like to see their kid win
Medals, honors and scholarships are always great
But my dear baby
Someone win some other lose
That is the rule in every competition
There is success there is failure
Yes my dear baby
I want you always win
Even when you lose
I want you
Overcome the fear of failure
Overcome the fear of being rejected
Win or lose
I am proud of you
Trying your best in participating the exam
And being you
 
------P.S: This poem was written for my dear daughter, after the PSLE (the Primary School Leaving Examination) result released, she was in a low mood for a few days, as just a 3 marks lower than the last year cut off point, she may not have chance to go into NJC, so called one of the best top five secondary schools in Singapore…She felt so sad and I just can’t help much, maybe I have given her too much pressure in the past few years, that is why she is so not satisfied of her such a good result (yeas to me, to a lot of other children and parents, her result is really really more than good enough)…Is there any problem in our education system?

I wish I could cheer her up and God bless for her dream come true… 

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One single impression: fancy (weekend reflections #13)

Missing you
Between reality and fancy
Autumn daydream

One single impression: grace

Thinking of you

In the chilly wind

I watched the leaves dancing

Whisper the grace of love

One single impression: lonely

Family gathering

Gamble, gossip, bored housewives

Lovely night

*Linked to One Single Impression, Prompt: lonely

One single impress: try

One single impression: try

I try to believe you will be back Though waiting in vain I try my best to love Though love ends up with hurt

I try very hard to remain the person I suppose to be but most of the time I failed I try to be honest when the world is full of lies But no one would like to hear my scream

I try to catch the shadow in my dreams But I only take our the camera in reality There is always a gab between try and not trying It is up to you to choose

With all my hesitation and expectation in life
I try to live
as who I am
and

I try to remember the colors of rainbow
When my sky is dark grey storm is coming
I try my best to learn dancing in the rain
While waiting for the sun shine again

One single impress: monument

Monument
Built in the memory of
Who are alive

Paying respect to the ancestors
With food, drinks, incense, Heaven money, 
Computer, hand phone  and more
Though they may have none of all these
When they are alive
Ghost festivals are celebrated for the live one

Monument
Built for the live ones
To remember debris of time

A note here for my beloved ones
No monument needed
No praying needed
Forget me if you can
When I am apart
To another world with peace and love

Monument
No more exit when the world full of peace and love
Appreciate live one when they are alive

PS, picture taken during the 7th month of Chinese calendar, people burns the paper and display the foods by the road side…This is a part of celebrating of Ghost Month. But I read from some reports that some of the unfilial children refuse to take care the parents when they are alive but having a big ceremony when they are gone…  

One single impression: Joie de vivre

One single impression this week's prompt“Joie de vivre” suggested by Leo, “Joie de vivre” (from the French joie, "joy"; de, "of"; vivre, "living"; "the joy of living").

Visit the poem by Leo and other wonderful poems and haiku at One Single Impression, click the link from my side bar, I like this meme, reading the posts is one of my weekend’s joys.

So enjoy the joy of living now, this is one of my photograph captured in an early morning a few days ago.

Morning dew, sunshine,
Grasshopper dancing in the wind
Appreciate the beauty of nature
Peace in mind, Joie de vivre 

One single impression: the passing

The flowers are dying
The man said
With tears in his eyes
Wilted flowers reminded him
The passing of the beloved wife
She was dead when the newborn baby cried

More new blooms start
The daughter said
Wilted flowers reminded her
The passing of the dearest mom
In peaceful heaven she is now
Thanks god we are alive and know to treasure the life

if you see the dead end

why don’t you treasure the life

One Single Impression: choices

If I have choices
I won’t like to sit here counting the petals
If I have choices
I would rather run away from your life
But I know you are always in my mind
No matter how far I go
No matter how many choices I have

One single impression : empty

When love become an option in life
Survival is the priority
We all live like an empty shell
That once held the promises and trust inside
It is now an empty shell

When love fades in the wind,
Trust betrayed by empty promise
More empty shells
Hidden all the pensive soul
On the low tide beach

Precious moments couldn't be reversed
Life is not yet like the system
Can be restored when data crash
Memories can’t be emptied by a delete button
Time flies without knowing we are lost
Live our life like those empty shell

Contribution for One Single Impression hosted by Andrée and SandyCarlson

One single impress: pensive

One single impress this week prompt: pensive

I was caught in the  pensive mood

Nights were so long, many stories were told

The songs heard on the radio

“I Have never been to me…”

Pensive soul

Lost in the silent night

 

I've never been to me..

here's the lyrics..
Hey lady, you lady, cursing at your life
You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife
I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do
But, I wish someone had talked to me
Like I wanna talk to you.....
Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
I took the hand of a preacher man and we made love in the sun
But I ran out of places and friendly faces because I had to be free
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me
Please lady, please lady, don't just walk away
'Cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today
I can see so much of me still living in your eyes
Won't you share a part of a weary heart that has lived million lies....
Oh, I've been to Niece and the Isle of Greece while I've sipped champagne on a yacht
I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got
I've been undressed by kings and I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see
I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me
[spoken]
Hey, you know what paradise is?
It's a lie, a fantasy we create about people and places as we'd like them to be
But you know what truth is?
It's that little baby you're holding, it's that man you fought with this morning
The same one you're going to make love with tonight
That's truth, that's love......
Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children that might have made me complete
But I took the sweet life, I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
I've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be free
Hey lady......
I've been to paradise, (I've been to paradise)
But I've never been to me
(I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run)
I've been to paradise, never been to me
(I've been to Neice and the isle of Greece while I've sipped champagne on a yacht)
I've been to paradise, never been to me
(I've been to cryin' for unborn children that might have made me complete)
I've been to paradise, never been to me
(I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run)
I've been to paradise, never been to me

One Single Impression: Beginning

Begin and the end

Love begin with the first sigh not the judgment

Marriage end if one of you begin to judge

The value of love

Trust is the key in marriage

Suspicion make you hurt

Feeling begin to fade

One Single Impression: Connoisseur

A good sailor will not only see the water he looks at the sky

A connoisseur will not only knows what he is doing

He knows himself better than others

This week's prompt, connoisseur, visit what other connoisseurs wrote here.

One Single Impression: Cocoon

My pride is my cocoon
Where I hide my tears when I cry
My fear is my cocoon
Where the wounds healed but pain left
Your love is my cocoon
Where I find who I am
And soon feel lost again

One Single Impression: Angel

Angel if she has a broken wing

She can’t fly

She cry

Angel with a broken heart

She fly

She sigh

PS. A Song I like to listen and always make me cry…

Lyrics to Angel Of Broken Hearts :

How do I move on from here
when everything I lost is what I want
This ocean left inside of me has become her memory's favorite place to haunt
How can the best I ever had
hurt so bad hurt so long
You know I'm not that strong {Chorus}
Angel of broken hearts where on earth are you tonight
Help me find a place to start to get me over her
Maybe I mistreated love have I not suffered long enough
Angel of broken hearts take this pain away Take this pain away
Some days I think that I've come through the worst of it
and I'm on the healing side
And then she kicks up like a dustbowl wind
and covers up my mind
I lose hours I lose days in the haze that used to be
and then I'm on my knees {Chorus} I've paid with prayers
I've paid with tears But I'll probably pay for years
I could use a little mercy here

One Single Impression: Preponderance

The snails she carries a shell all the time
It's really her home thought it is small
It goes where she roams
It is her preponderance
A place to live day & nights
The snail she lives in her hard round shell
Travels up and down everyday
Slowly up the wall
She dreams she can fly
To far far away in the sky
Kissing all the kites
Slimy and slippery
The snail moves slowly
Her eyes on stalks
Moving around to see this world
Happily believe that she really can fly
Confidence her preponderance
She believe she can fly
I believe I can dream
And all my dream will come true in the end

One Single Impression: Elusive

I am always chasing the dream,
the elusive dream.
Just like I am always chasing the shadow,
the elusive shadow in the rainforest.
The shadow is something ineffable,
you will feel it but you never ever can catch it.
Who can ever catch the shadow in the rainforest?
The elusive shadow,
it exits but then escapes,
It is within reach but not within grasp.
My love in my elusive dream,
it is a pretty shadow when sun shines on it,
but I never ever can catch it.
it is easier to just let go,
or appreciate the beauty from far when it exits.
Chasing my elusive dream,
that seem like keeping the shadow in the darkness,
Tired of knowing the impossibility,
wondering the shadow where they belong.
Trying so hard to keep my dreams alive,
lost in the juggle ,
I am not the big tree,
either the lianas,
I am fighting so hard to survive.
Chasing the shadow of my love,
they are always coming closer and closer,
but never I can hold them in hand,
not even in my elusive dream.
Feeling the pain and trying to make sense,
where the shadow should go,
I lost in the promise I have never believed,
Struggling to make my elusive dream alive.

One Single Impression: Conquer

Lianas in the rainforest, the meaning of life is to survive, to grow up to the sky, to achieve the sunlight as much as it can, to conquer the world in the rainforest. These small green plants are survivors or conquerors? Find more poems at One Single Impression "Conquer" as prompt was suggested by Neha Sahi Saigal of Tea Leaves 'n' Honey

One Single Impression: Descent

We leap and flow,
to the valleys down below,
our love grow,
we live in a broken world,
kiss me slow.


This is my Watery Wednesday #08

One Single Impression: Colors

Sunset evening is pretty,
Color of my beloved lady.
Sunset evening is lonely,
Where is my beloved sweetie.

See more color haiku here, at One Single Impression:Colors. This is my photo for Scenic Sunday, click to see more wonderful Sunday, cheers.