pulse.


"Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart is just going to cave in."
-Ricky Fitts, American Beauty

31.5.10

no more leaves

falling away by Alistair Chong

well i guess
we've come across another goodbye
another song for another time
well i guess
the end of fall
a sign for all
to curl up and keep inside

30.5.10

shout it

desire indeed by Alistair Chong

well deserving
could there be sacrifice
or is natural enough to suffice
a talent we are blessed with
oh how i wish i received
something more
but we'd make something more
if we just tried

29.5.10

taking them

meds by Alistair Chong

the taste
bitter and broken
would only do a world of good
to me
sick and weary
i hope this leaves

28.5.10

transporting

bussing by Alistair Chong

on and off we get
the bus will take the road
around and around it goes
thank God they do

27.5.10

carry through

we'll continue on by Alistair Chong

always there will be
a spring following the winter
breaking between the snow
and finding just another light

26.5.10

as the sun will rise

faithful by Alistair Chong

no matter how many clouds
how dark it gets
the sun will always shine
forever beyond the rain
and endless days
she'll be there

25.5.10

journeys

voyager by Alistair Chong

on a payphone
in Paris
waiting to hear a voice
a letter from New York
and it never seems too far

24.5.10

if it never does

wants by Alistair Chong

cracks appear
in between fears
of many things
we could never love
or we could find it wrong
or never in the first place

23.5.10

the chance

charmed by Alistair Chong

lucky numbers
and a four leaf clover
a charm we'd kiss
before it's over
all we'll need
is the result

22.5.10

passenger

stranger by Alistair Chong

so we end up
in the same kind of place
an empty box
and a featureless face

21.5.10

heart signs

still there by Alistair Chong

too bad
i couldn't be bothered
searching through this diary
to find a note
a note we shared

20.5.10

no more

tens by Alistair Chong

home stretch
of a part of me
alone this edge
will cut the spree
words upon each other

19.5.10

imprint

where's the mark by Alistair Chong

before we leave
would you conceive
ever giving something back to us
before too late
we leave our sign
nowhere to be found

18.5.10

this we know

rolling dice by Alistair Chong

a few more
we'll gamble away
giving lee to what we earnt today
what kind of words
do we remember

17.5.10

dull as

four leaves by Alistair Chong

there is no notion
or cyclical motion
of this routine
we're just stuck
and there's no luck
we could ever see

16.5.10

i don't think so

didn't care by Alistair Chong

there we go
more than a half
some kind of mark
to commemorate a sense of nothing
so a lot slipped by
don't bother checking in again

15.5.10

hounds

back down by Alistair Chong

in the background
a black hound
waits for the hunt to start
to tear this apart

14.5.10

too many hours

fatigued by Alistair Chong

eyes so weary
can barely see blurry
heavy and burdened
sick of the light that's here

13.5.10

always similar

uncreative by Alistair Chong

emptying the words from my mind
is a surprising thing to find
a lot of the time
there are only the same words
a sign of lacking

12.5.10

a lot of

to the heart by Alistair Chong

a bed of grass
root for a pillow
chilly air blankets me over
not long left tonight
i'll be warm soon enough

11.5.10

for a reason

all night long by Alistair Chong

trying to pull one through
a night we could open up
all the way
until the dawn is upon us

10.5.10

missed times

routine by Alistair Chong

nearly through
by the by we go
letting it all slip by
before we could take any of it in

9.5.10

boxes we make

more than this by Alistair Chong

where could we go
when things get slow
why can't we find something else
something different
other than a light in the end of the sky

8.5.10

ideals we create

sweetheart by Alistair Chong

if we ever find each other
sitting underneath a tree
or swimming in the ocean's deep
staring at stars above
trying our best
to envision this quest
we'd be alright

7.5.10

through time

civility by Alistair Chong

we could sit around a fire
imagine life without a wire
we could stare into the flames
get lost in primal ways
and pretend today
never existed at all

6.5.10

because we could

simple things by Alistair Chong

we could find
a sense of pleasure
in anything that's out there
a dream or a sight
anything falling under light

5.5.10

after we're gone

repetitions by Alistair Chong

i think i find
i use the word sometimes
a few too many
i think we could all
find the right way

4.5.10

just another one

some kinds by Alistair Chong

such a finite possibility
in a so called infinity
that i tried to find
sure we could try
sometimes that just won't get by

3.5.10

this old

catching up by Alistair Chong

some kind of impossible task
well it's a bit to ask
might i answer with a sigh
shrug it off let it by
i guess i'll set to it
get going

2.5.10

go for good

penny in a pocket by Alistair Chong

go for as long as you could
run with your feet as fast
as the wind through a mountain

1.5.10

when you die

final breath by Alistair Chong

what if you had
not one more breath to take
what would you do
would you hold it
or would u scream
or what would your last words be?
would they be heard by many
or cherished at all
who would even know