Fleeting Emotions

A PAIR OF FLEETING WINGS

Longing for the pair of wings
Away from the indescribable sorrow
A painless freedom
To be swept away with one just swift.

The unawakened times
compounded with chances
never taken just as it walks by
Blind to me just as I find.

Limited Boundaries known to me
The hole that swallowed me
wanting to escape before I step an extra mile deep
A pair of wings to flee with me.

--- I've been clearing up my e-mail inbox for two nights in a row now and still nowhere done. I found a lot of junk, a lot of unfinished/canceled plans and a lot of jokes. Among the pile, I found some of my most precious treasures: letters from friends and lovers, be it from words of encouragement and love, their traveling euphoria, or their personal struggles.

I read over and over every single word they wrote, cried/laughed and read it all over till I was blue in the face. I tried to decipher their pattern of thinking, catch what they were portraying and understand their vulnerable moments. Because that's what happens when you write to someone, you not only put your emotions on the line, but you put them into words; words that bear witness to what you feel or once felt. I think words are fruitful to our emotions.

Some of the most beautiful letters are not that it contains distinct vocabulary, but how well their thoughts and emotions are captured in their choice of words. I envy them for writing so beautifully and daring to expose themselves. So I commend to you for writing to me, for trusting me with your words, for sharing a speck of your world with me.

Thank you. May you live on and mark your hearts into words.

Ice Cream

I hate hearing the ice cream truck! Because every time I look out the window to see where it is, it's nowhere in sight!!! Then I get tempted.