rebuild

i need you to by Alistair Chong

please,
i beg the dawn
that you'd find my arms
please,
i'm crying torn
don't shatter this love

please,
don't let this be
don't leave me wild
please,
not so easily
only you can hold this child

you've built all of this
fragile piece by piece
and it's broken down at the end
but i beg you, build it again

build me again.

sleepless

searching for beauty in pain by Alistair Chong

suddenly i can't sleep
every piece i've placed
feels like it's shattered
and it never hurt so much
everything's not where it's supposed to be
and it won't stop crashing down on me
and i need to cry
but i don't know how
and i need to hold you

don't know

i don't get it by Alistair Chong

just a boy lost at sea
not knowing where the land is
and i can't do anything
what did i do
why am i here
did i swim the wrong way?
i'm scared.

where are

don't understand by Alistair Chong

today
the sky is a different shade
the night seems to fade
and i don't know why
the sun is harsher now
something different about
the way it is.
and it hurts a bit

how come

colour association by Alistair Chong

blue
a darker shade of blue
sweeping through the moon lit sky
holding the dawn away
praying for no more days
where i'll have to wake up
again

like the past

okay then by Alistair Chong

heat bring me to sleep
seal my eyes once more
let them roll back into
a field of dreams and fantasy's shore
let this burning inside me
find a way to end
this churning colliding
they shouldn't be kept

describe a feeling

waiting by Alistair Chong

in the dark
waiting
listening to the air
creeping in, heat is gone
in the dark
playing
with the notion that
i messed up somewhere along
in the dark
praying
that this is enough
every part of my love

drained

classes by Alistair Chong

this is draining me
everything sliding down the drain
the plug's been pulled
can't take it back
won't stop
or slow down

clouds on

feel okay by Alistair Chong

once again you are here
to make me feel
like everything's alright
i listen to your voice
and i know i'll sleep tonight
because you are here

hearts are for

memory i search by Alistair Chong

four days behind
forgetting what's arrived
a mental block
stemming the flow
damming up what i feel
from what i know

nap taste

escaping sunlight by Alistair Chong

sleep in the day
let the sunlight escape
the prison of my eyes
sleep when it's light
the night time of the night
with the moon around the world

underneath

will you be there for me by Alistair Chong

these words you say
can you even hear
they just frustrate
pointless and unclear
everything piles up
feels like i'm breaking down
packing in the heat
i don't want to drown

a hum in the dark

constricting by Alistair Chong

tiresome
this sleep i find
a trinket in this game
of hide and seek
finding
nothing but
a churning heart
creeping through my sleep

going

away by Alistair Chong

you're leaving on a train
going away
but i can't pretend
that i'm alright
lonely nights and
a head of sinking sand
but i think of you
and it helps me close my eyes

valentine's day

if i could get to you by Alistair Chong

i'd give you a rose
but these flowers were gone
long ago
i don't have much else
just a heart that says
all i've felt
can't be put into words
all i can do
is look into those eyes
and smile
to my valentine

appreciation

sound from shadow by Alistair Chong

the pianist
sits in the shadows
letting his fingers wander the rows
key after key
he's lost himself in the melodies
coming in and out
of each other

journey

self discovery by Alistair Chong

it's funny how a year
can change so many things
from becoming one man
to another's entities
looking back on the road
i see the changing light
fading days of who i was
different shades of the night
an endless journey
of self discovery

holes in the puzzle

slipped by Alistair Chong

another day slipped on by
before i could get a grasp
gone through my hands like a butterfly
before i could keep it at last
oh time's ticking
oh time's falling away

sun behind

they walk in circles by Alistair Chong

i'll watch you breathe
with my arms around you
they play hide and seek
sun and clouds creep into
each other's embrace
as my fingers trace
your cheek

conditional

feel it breathe by Alistair Chong

green beneath my feet
blurring by
keeps me off the beat
blurs the sky
watching and seeing
taking the scene in
don't let me out tonight

history

black day by Alistair Chong

such tragedy
to the ashes
all that fire can
it catches
and brings life to its knees
taking from those who plead

forty-six

why so hot by Alistair Chong

this furnace
pushes me back
throws my senses
in deranged attack

the hottest day
the hottest day
mother nature's insane

rolling clouds
engulf the world
milling around
in a chaotic whirl

the hottest day
the hottest day
mother nature's insane

tool

school uniform by Alistair Chong

the weekend
i look forward to
is here again
i'm grateful to finish
every week
and to find some rest

only three

resting in by Alistair Chong

i can sleep
let these dreams swim through me
i can keep them closed
my eyes tired of what they're shown
i can sleep
i'm at rest
although i'm not at my best
i'm content with what i have

foods

hungry by Alistair Chong

there sits a burger
waiting to be eaten
watched and wanted
for one hungry one
to taste

make it

hit by Alistair Chong

rhythm
plays through my head
thud, thud, thud.
racing behind and up ahead
the beat gets stuck

good indeed

all over by Alistair Chong

the smell
intoxicates
the touch
infuriates
the sounds
dominate
my senses pulled away
close my eyes
it's a good feeling
so good

not a lot

time and again by Alistair Chong

walking into shops
escaping heat
i find myself lost
where did i end up again
i watch people passing by
wondering if i
am not so dissimilar to the world
do we know where we put our feet?