It's all because of you

It's all because of you,
life has never felt more beautiful...
The day you walked out of my life,
that pain and agony never felt more real.

It's all because of you,
I started a more fulfilling life...
Those sufferings made me more alive,
like I had awakened and been given a second chance.
                                              
If I have another choice,
I believe I'll choose not to meet you...
But thankfully we did and because of you,
my life is new and even better without you.
      
When we met you were leading me nowhere,
false dreams and fake hope you gave me.
I thought you were different and special,
but I was once blinded and so wrong.

It's all because of you,
I have to say thank you.
You showed me what was imperfect,
so I know when the right one comes.

Dear Shaun,

You rekindle my love for sheeps

How I miss you, woolly

The tiny black face of yours and that thick white furry coat

How I wish I can touch you

Rubbing my hand and stroking your fur

I yearn so much to feed you

To see that happy mouth of yours chewing

Shaun, oh Shaun, I do miss you

Broken soul (sole)

I threw away your favourite shoes
Along with the pain it inflicted me
Why does it once fit so well
But changed horribly overnight

You looked like all I could trust
And now I know you misplaced it
You are just a broken sole
Without a good support

I don't want to remember the days I walked in you
Because they aren't the best days of my life
Let me forget you existed
So I can find a better replacement

Wrote this on impulse within 3 minutes... because the feelings just came ;)

Love without a reason

Inspiration came at 4am... or was it that mug of Penang coffee keeping me up?? I don't know but suddenly I had the urge to compose - a poem.

Argh. I'm a romantic but unfortunately not the hopeless romantic. I'm more a realist with a romantic view. Is that possible?? I don't know, because a realist views things as they are... and won't believe in all great fantasies. Yet I fantasize, I love romance, the kind that can be classified as down-to-earth.

E.g. I believe in happy endings, true and lasting love... but I also believe that two persons whom loved each other might not end up together due to situations/circumstances.

So here I'd like to share what came to me early today at 4am:


Love needs no reason by Ms. Potatoe
Allow me to feel what I feel
Because then I will be me
Watch me laugh and then cry
As I recall those moments we shared

Today I live with no regrets
Because I have made feelings known
It might sound funny or even made no sense
But to me I have penned my deepest thoughts

Day and day I live in hope
Night by night they slowly fade away
I recount those happy days over and over again
Because one day I know I will relive them again

Where are you and how are you
I can't know and I didn't want to know
I pray for you and hope for you
Because deep down I have not abandoned you

Before Christmas

Here's my second German poem which wasn't up to my own standard, so it has been sent for editing by 2 German-speaking friends. First edit is done by an Austrian, and the second by a German friend who seems to understand it from my romantic point of view (luckily!). Thank you my helpful friends!! Danke schoen sehr!!

I'm not highlighting the changes that have been done like the first time though I'd really like to. It has changed quite a bit but it has been altered to better represent what I have wanted it to express! So anyway, a draft version (After 1st edit version) below will show the rough one which I have initially came up with.

It's named "Before Christmas" in English and it's something I definitely want to be up before X'mas:)


Vor Weihnachten

Weihnachten war zu Ende, als wir uns getroffen haben
Weihnachten ist wieder hier, aber du bist weg
ich musste an dich denken als der sommer vorrueber ging
Der Winter ließ mich fragen, ob du dich erinnerst, an die warme Umarmung die wir uns geteilt haben

Wie geht's mein Schatz
ich frage mich, wie es dir ergangen ist
ich denke an all das, was haette sein können
ich erinnere mich an jene Tage, als waere es gestern gewesen

Erinnerst du dich...?
ich glaube nicht...
aber insgesheim hofe ich dass du es tust
ich weiß, dass wir so glücklicher sind, aber es hätte besser sein können

Weihnachten kommt, Liebe ist überall
Kannst du sie fühlen...? Meine Liebe ist auch dabei
Kannst du sie sehen...? In meinen Zeilen?
ich vermisse dich, und will es dir sagen, bevor Weihnachten zu Ende ist


After 1st edit version (which remains 90% unchanged from my own German writing):

Weihnachten war zu Ende, als wir uns getroffen
Weihnachten ist wieder hier, aber du bist weg
Der Sommer ging mit dir in meinem Herz vorbei
Der Winter ließ mich mich fragen, ob du dich erinnerst, dass warme Umarmung wir uns geteilt

Wie geht's mein Schatz
ich frage mich, wie du gewesen bist
ich denke an all das, was haette sein können
ich erinnere mich an jene Tage, als waere es gestern gewesen

Erinnerst du dich
ich glaube nicht
ich hoffe heimlich so
ich weiß, dass nun wir glücklich sind, aber es hätte besser sein können

Weihnachten kommt, Liebe ist überall
Kannst du sie fühlen, weil meine auch dabei ist
Kannst du sie sehen, weil ich sie hier schreibe
Ich vermisse dich, und will es dir sagen, bevor Weihnachten zu Ende ist


Links to my previous poems:
Der Geliebte

Das erste Gedicht

My first German poem, I think it'll have many grammatical mistakes... but heck it, poems are supposedly to be an expression, not perfect grammer skill. I call it... "Der Geliebte".

Der Geliebte

Ein Geliebter, du warst meiner
du bist hier, aber ich kann nicht dich sehen
in der Nähe von mich mir, aber ich darf nicht dich fühlen
es ist schwer, zusammenhalten wir können zusammen sein können wir nicht

Du bist ein Mann, ich weiss
ich bin nur eine Frau (Mädchen)
das wissen Sie weisst Du Doch!

Was denkst du, ich weiss noch nicht
was hast du auf dem Herzen?
ich kann es nicht lesen
vielleicht soll(te) ich nicht dich umtreiben

Du, meiner Liebhaber
das kann ich unmöglich tun
wenn ich muss dich zurücklassen verlassen
Komm zu mir, bitte nicht gehen geh nicht

p/s: In red or striked off is after correction from a german friend.

Give me a heart of gold

If heart is made of gold
there won't be a day it rusts

If heart is hard as gold
you won't be there to see it break

If heart is precious like gold
everyone will learn cherish it

My lord, God has sent to me
A heart soft like shell
Fallen and full of stitches

It pains to see you there
Standing and smiling at me
You know I miss U so

If God can give my heart a coat of paint
I wish it will be gold
I wish U will be there