rain song

the grey clouds come hovering
the thunder reverberates throughout the mountainous terrain
the lightning luridly laces the skys
and the showers come in mesmorizing downpour
it's a symphony of mother nature's deluging affections  that sooths the appetent dry desert soul

©KimsAsia

shadows of sadness and curious intrigue

my heart bleeds of sorrow when I am away from you

every picture brings me to tears as they tease

shame on me for not making the most of the time's you've been near

for what I'd feared is here

longing to fix my eyes on you again

because some of the best things I've forgotten

overshadowed by sorrow with these miles between us

as time away grows with each passing hour

it's time for another embrace

of familiar smells and sounds gone by

that only you can re-ignite

the passions, the joys

sweet faces of little girls and boys

the burning sun pierces this heart

for it sees where I long to be

shadows of sadness and curious intrigue

dim the rays of life's light

as I wonder just how I'd find you after all these years

how much of what I remember will be intact

will there still be the sweet innocence

or will there be evidence of evolving character

from outside influences reshaping what once was

only when I'm with you

can my heart peacfully pulse

no more sleepless nights

followed by, yet, another lonely day

I'm coming home

I'll Get Over You

I know I will

though in this moment I still love you

and the pain of being severed is ever so stunning

but just like the others your so called "conditional' love will dwindle

and so will the hurt

one thing has been learned [better now than never]

is that you put a petty price on small human behavor

for what is unconditional love if it can't be lived out

if it doesn't exist within you today

then it was never there at all

because unconditional love never stops for a day

it's challenged, strengthened and endures with no end

©MyAsia1972

PACIFIC

Moving like a breeze but with incredible force

From far beneath the surface

She seems to exist as a life source dependant on so little

And yet within lies so many varying lifeforms

Dependant on her oxygen

Lost traveler's have been left to her mercy

Some she has spared, some she has consumed

She moves in currents of warm and cold

Sometimes freezing, sometimes frozen solid

Such a beauty to behold

Some natives revere her like a god to be feared by all

They read her pleasure or displeasure by what she produces

Others simply enjoy her beauty in varying azure shades

As she reflects herself in the sky

She is freckled with islands

Some big, and many so small

She embraces them all like precious jewels

With soul soothing waves that can be heard

From dawn to dusk, from dusk to dawn

When she is disturbed from deep within

The islands and dwellers thereof

Are slammed with waves of uncontrollable force

Earning her names like Tidal and Tsunami

Some would define that as her way

Of making man pay for the wars they've polluted her with

Others blame it on harmful contributions to her skies

Even still, no amount of shifting blame

May ever fix or remove her dwindling beauty

I'd like to fix my eyes on her again

I'd like to do so from the sky

For she holds within her magnitude

The islands I long to visit again

Where I first entered the world

I'd like to experience her white laced movements

And toe hugging sandy floors

To smell her salty breeze

That gracefully kisses her shores

To be swept away by it

Carry me there

Because that's where I'd like to enjoy her

Cradled in a hammock hanging from a coconut tree

Oh, to be lulled to sleep at night

By the sounds of her soul soothing waves

That can be heard through

The windows of my bahay kubo

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Childhood Sentimental Sappiness At it's Best

So carefree and oblivious to the grown up world around us

The songs of childhood we lived.

The sounds of laughter

Echoed through the school halls

And flooded onto the playground.

There was little to fear but fear itself.

Where are you now?

Do you remember our childhood days?

I remember the laughter

And I remember the tears.

Could you still love me now for the person I am

Or would we be too different to relive

The joy of being friends?

I still live in the sentiments of years gone by.

Especially when fond memories of you

Are delightfully caught in my mind's eye.

You of kindred spirit I still can't forget

You took pieces of me that longs to be free.

Free to find those moments in time

That only in memories can be found.

As time fades and I grow with age

Such cozy memories seem to find shade.

That's where my mind's eye squints and wonders

If memory's shadows will grow darker or larger.

If I ponder too long

My heart no longer appears to be strong.

The tears come as hope of finding you again

Appear to be fading .....yet again.