Without You.

For my one and only brother:

Time passes from minute to minute
From hour to hour
Second to second
With everything changed; it's so hard
Without you.
//
Growing up, knowing that I was safe
Having constant aid, I was spoiled
Spoiled by your gifts
It's in the darkest times I am without you
Without your guidance, and faith in me
My light is exposed, to show nothing
To see that all you've done was protect me.
//
A part of me left with you,
My childhood, my memories, our times
My passion for happiness
Now the dark, a chill, my nightmare
Of a world
Without you.
//
More and more I find each day
You are gone, and though still there
Not within my grasp, my hugs, or my tears
Not there to help me up when I know, that I'm not there
For your grasp, hugs, and tears
In my darkness, I know now
It's my turn.

You've made me who I am.
Good luck in the future, I know that you'll make it far.
God Bless you Ryan, I love you.

-Milton Lim

FootPrints in the Sand

As I walked lost and trying to find my way, I watched my steps. I left a marker to help another, but most of all to help myself.

I left my footprints in the sand
Sand that leaked my soul to darkness
A place I've never seen,
A sight I've never been.
The haven I wished not to arrive at.
//
I lost myself, I fell to my ends,
Though a loss, I left a trail.
To follow, to guide, and to prevent
My footprints in the sand.

//

-Inspired by drifting snow and the fate that led each piece to me.

One Thousand Words

I dreamt of a place where I was with you, but I was only dreaming my heart's desire.

Not one day passes that I can think of you and not smile,
I wish, dream, and hope, but I am powerless
There is light, in knowing that we still share the bond
Of friendship, memories and future
//
To not feel, touch, or kiss you,
A curse, that sets me free
To live and stand strong
But to never be able to hold you close,
//
One thousand words cross your lips
Not one for me,
When in my heart, I know
Life goes on.
//

Inspired by friends and the song One Thousand Words FFX-2

Gone

How do you pick up the threads of an old life, when in your heart you begin to understand there is no going back.

To become numb.

Lose taste, lose sight, lose touch,

Lose everything that you thought was important.

To never return to where you started,

To find that you are there, though things changed,

Things gone.

//

Like vapour to a blowing wind.

Memories, thoughts, and people, different,

No fear, but calm.

Silence fills every corner of your heart,

Your body's full beat of life steady,

Mind at ease with troubles,

Peace.

//

Yet, the peace is foul,

Ruined by false life.

The mind clings to the past, to return,

but the soul has moved on.

//

Home is not the same,

To realise that nothing has changed,

but the one that matters most to you.

Life continues.

Though the spirit,

Gone

-Inspired by Lord of the Rings ROTK