good vibes

around town by Alistair Chong

keep the key inside
and drive
turn here and again
watch whats in front going behind
the lines aren't long
but they'll be back soon

heat wave

school's in by Alistair Chong

stepping onto the grounds
for one last year
the days will be coming around
gone before they were here
here come the good days

life's good

the timing by Alistair Chong

third in a row
perfects the timing
from on section to another
and minutes from each other
it feels so good
to see you once again

second

light and dark by Alistair Chong

keep me warm in the dark
hold my hands and let the scene flash by
watching the lights
but wandering
around and around

eight by seven

56 by Alistair Chong

finally
that breath i'm holding
that long long wait
comes rushing out,
and i breathe again
everything is alright, it's alright now
you are here
and i can breathe.

chinese new year

seven hours by Alistair Chong

a sea of bright red
i hear a sea of voices
carry me ahead
can't avoid it
i can feel it inside
looking forward to tonight
when the wings leave the ground
bringing you around

catching up

soon, soon by Alistair Chong

here begins
the start of the last
or along those lines
back tomorrow i anticipate
for the end of a seven week wait
or the day after.

recovering

forgotten by Alistair Chong

i don't know
i can't remember
it's just a black spot on this table
erased from what i know
burnt out into ash
and blown away
you can't recover, no rediscovery

victory

the world game by Alistair Chong

a roar as the ball hits the net
crossing the line and out crossing doubt
its more than a game
it's the world and hope
more than a goal
it's life's reward
to those who run again and again
and again and again

too fast

gift by Alistair Chong

they're coming to an end
and i wish
i'd done more with what i'm given
but as usual
it's just regret
no action or anything else

open

tennis by Alistair Chong

a blur of green
lifts beyond the net
spins a caresses the ground
just one moment
and shoots off the surface

inspire me

words on a page by Alistair Chong

finding a way
to say words
in something new
what have you heard before
i don't want to make that again
creation i crave
through my own head

limitless

forever by Alistair Chong

time doesn't stop
a tireless clock
tick, tock, tick, tock
until the end of time

sleep and

the cave by Alistair Chong

waking up
this light is born
from a cave of cool
im'm pulling this song
don't shy away
i'm here
i'm here

fading glasses

slipping away by Alistair Chong

a day a day
one day in your life
slips away
behind a faded glass
that is your memory
days gone by
shy away from the light
and we forget so many hours of our lives
it's like living half our time.

come away

it's okay by Alistair Chong

finally breaking away
from a downward day
surrounded by the world
to turn it all around
knowing how to smile
and feeling it in the while
around in love
keeps it alive and proud

raindrops

like this by Alistair Chong

like a fall through air
there's no stopping
like a raindrop shattered
it's how you land
like the broken wind
you never know why
why it's like this

empty doorways

thief by Alistair Chong

loneliness
creeps up
like the midnight thief broken in
softly stealing from within
laughing in the darkness
hands caressing all that is precious
creeping in
like the frost in the night
cold and hard, barely alive
without a heart to understand
this isn't what we planned

bareheart

don't leave by Alistair Chong

don't leave,
don't go,
it's not the right time to fade
before so many things
stay strong,
stay here,
we all need to know you'll stay
don't give in

i dream

bigger by Alistair Chong

kings and queens
sit in pages of history
but they're just a name
who knows where the truth lay
i, i am my own
creating more than who i am
give me a dream
and set me free

thinking about time

a moment by Alistair Chong

some days you remember
some you don't
but it's the ones you hold forever
that matter
a day can change
in a second
and a day can change your life
but all you can do is live in the time you are

his place

just water by Alistair Chong

watching water from a window
feeling the sea and her call
hearing it call to me
come, come
the water is bewitched

singing and laughing

missing it by Alistair Chong

seeing the world
being happy
i miss sharing it
feeling the good times
just isn't the same
with a hand in mine

the south east

yes i know by Alistair Chong

back to you
the home i hold so dear
this city i know
keeps me safe
back to you where i can be comfortable
one day i'll leave
but you'll be my home always

finally

going back by Alistair Chong

tonight i fly
into a place i belong
somewhere i can believe
to look forward
because i'm coming home
and it's a better feeling than most

at the docks

fishing by Alistair Chong

fishing for creatures
waiting at the water
in faith that below the surface
lay hungry fish
knowing it never works
what's going on

what is it

swimming in an ocean by Alistair Chong

what am i doing here
the most pointless aim
if there was one
is there one?
not understanding and failing to see
what really is the point of being
present

pass, pass

watching them by Alistair Chong

time goes so slow
when you count seconds passing by
but before you know
time steals away in the night
but you never realise before it's too late
to take it back

heat

just a game by Alistair Chong

skimming the surface
barely breaking the tension
watching water wash
with no direction
give me somewhere to go please

while you were gone

some time by Alistair Chong

catch you up on days gone by
in a book i couldn't try to hide
so i'll be home soon
but for now
i'm living with less than i expected

2009

future by Alistair Chong

here comes the year
who know what it brings
resolutions and goals
gives us purpose to show
something more than ourselves
before it fades away