chain breaker by Alistair Chong
some kind of liberation
finding in words we scream
some kind new feeling
it's called freedom
stopping care
and whatever weighs us down
-Ricky Fitts, American Beauty
31.3.10
let go of some
30.3.10
at heart we all
age by Alistair Chong
sometimes my bones hurt
am i growing older
finding the nights colder
says the old man
sometimes i don't smile anymore
at simple things i see
sometimes i forget about glee
i once was a kid
29.3.10
enjoy
open your eyes by Alistair Chong
wasted too much
on the things we think
are so much more important
but taking it simply
just step back
enjoy little things in life
28.3.10
round the corner
pedestrians by Alistair Chong
pedestrian
on the street
turns the corner
we won't know
who it is
ever
27.3.10
how do you
getting there by Alistair Chong
the only way
you can get to the finish
is to run
the only way
you can find some land
is to swim
it's all you can do
26.3.10
issues in today
facing today by Alistair Chong
we write about it
talk about it
never doing a thing
working out the solution
to a problem in evolution
but we won't lift a hand
25.3.10
reverie
never day by Alistair Chong
listen
can you hear
it's those nights
you dream of being big
sold out houses
and packed out seats
24.3.10
proverbial
fader by Alistair Chong
what happened to passion
what happened to drive
the times i could stay up the night
just working with what i had
pen in hand
or was it for something else
23.3.10
growing old
maturity by Alistair Chong
i'd climb a tree
if i were three
or if i had less dignity
said he
a well to do man
much too grown up
to try that again
oh what we've lost
22.3.10
limited
this is earth by Alistair Chong
autumn leaves
blanketing this street
underneath our feet
crumbling into the ground we meet
what a memory
we should cherish
the simplest of things
21.3.10
20.3.10
some kind of therapy
stupidity by Alistair Chong
ten days at a time
seems the strangest
we barely hold a line
let alone this long
19.3.10
i guess they
culture by Alistair Chong
a lot of the time
my mind will wander
finding the same old words
shows how i never read
sometimes i'm just damn illiterate
uncultured and obnoxious
you'd hate me
18.3.10
lacking
we're alive by Alistair Chong
blurry eyes
burning bright
some lights just won't come together
out of focus
and breaking apart
i forget what it's like
to sleep
17.3.10
individuality
adject by Alistair Chong
keys are pressed
words are dressed
with the most unusual
ways and means we can find
just to be one of a kind
sometimes ridiculous
16.3.10
per week
two days by Alistair Chong
we love our time
timetable so free
no hours for a fee
i'm full of a way that i thought
was going to be
exactly how it is
15.3.10
deciphering
five too many by Alistair Chong
well, there were five
if only there were four
or maybe three
two or one would have been
more than enough for me
14.3.10
shortness
echoes of the sun by Alistair Chong
sometimes
i hear the echo of a summer
in the wind that blows by
in the leaves in the drive
wishing for me back
13.3.10
sometimes we miss
unsaid by Alistair Chong
every day
seems like
a lot of words to say
but we let them slide
hoping for a reply from the other side
just hoping
12.3.10
faders
enduring by Alistair Chong
we start
with fire in our feet
and wind behind our backs
but we often fold up our wings
and give in
much too easy
11.3.10
wasting
idle by Alistair Chong
99 minutes
is still a long time
so much could happen
we take for granted
the life we find
is not so broken
10.3.10
a percentage game
the things we do by Alistair Chong
time, it's on our hands
allow us to make amends
for all the things we never did
time, its in our heads
it's up to what we make of it
9.3.10
trigger
find it here by Alistair Chong
march oh march
the days of the past
walking down the avenue
listening to broken records
and to the memories under my feet
8.3.10
between fingers
gone through by Alistair Chong
the numbers differ so
in a very strange method
of finding what has passed us by
finding what has gone
slipping
6.3.10
tertiary
back then by Alistair Chong
somewhere in the haze
started a phase
the start of the end
of learning about the world
5.3.10
done in
small steps by Alistair Chong
partial parts
small portions
this is done in
there's only a matter of time
before it all catches up
4.3.10
cannot be
concentrations by Alistair Chong
there's always a time
to sit down
get to work
and move on
hard hard times
3.3.10
resolve
runner by Alistair Chong
it was time
to get up to time
fell behind
on the calendar
now running as hard as i can
2.3.10
to go
just a couple by Alistair Chong
one or two
lines
use to be the way to go
i guess
it's just the easier way out
1.3.10
it's time
born or dying by Alistair Chong
yeah it was a long time ago
sometimes autumn leaves
would be born
or did they die
was so hard to tell
back in the memories
that i don't see so well