Author: poetryfest

Oh, my little heart, don’t get attached
To things that are far.
The moon looks enchanted, but it’s all just a mirage.
Don’t fall for it, or you will fall hard.

That damn smile you had to put,
Before showing your face for others to look at.
My heart ached, but I had to smile.
Don’t you worry, Mum, because I’m alright.

Oh, my little heart, don’t you cry.
A day will come when my misery will die.
When death knocks on my door, I will smile and hold on once more.
I fell for someone who isn’t mine,
And carry her in my heart forever, until I die.

Those wonderful moments, that pleasing hope,
Will finally fade away when I’m gone.
Oh, my little heart, don’t you stop.
Endure until the game is on.
Be a sacrificial pawn and protect your queen;
My father told me that’s how you win.

I saw a woman on the street today
And it might have been her.
Her hair was long and flying away
But I really wasn’t sure
She carried herself so well
But I couldn’t tell
I couldn’t tell

I only saw her one time for sure
at the station with you
I turned my back real quick
There was nothing else to do
And I stumbled to the street
We really couldn’t meet
We couldn’t meet

Another woman has you,
But I have you, too
I didn’t think it mattered
Till I ran into the two of you

I saw a woman on the street today
And when she walked my way
I was sure it was her
So I turned my gaze away
But her eyes had stabbed me through
I think she knew.
I think she knew

Dear Father Time, I write to you
In greyed hair and wrinkled skin
In foggy recollection of many a welcome and adieu
Dusty trophies of varied hues in the trash bin

Matter you are not, or else I would have consumed you
Energy you are not, or else I would have used you
What currency are you that I can only spend
What beast are you that I now try to befriend?

Before, after, then, when exist in you
If my mind stayed still, would it be able to touch you
You, whose passage is marked by the sun and the moon.
Stand frozen, as lovers share ice cream on a single spoon!
Why is my poetry trapped in rhyme
It happened again, for the nth time!
To change how the words come out, I took many a class
Stop here or gently pass.

我 My father said that god is lovelier
爸 than him, but both of them still fail
照 to read the water scarred with silver braille;
着 the heavens wanted them to hear the slur
他 that suits me best as I run by the blur
的 my lord has made of surface, sky and gale —
形 my glasses slip, and each transparent scale
象 wavers with the rain — but a savior
创 will not appear, and if they did, I would
造 not listen; I do not care if my sight
了 is clear; I do not want a hand in mine,
神 I think my darkness is perfectly good
和 without a cross holding a witch alight
我 with shame; call me a whore, I’m fine.

Translation:
提太湖
我爸照着他的形象创造了神和我。
Written by the Great Lake
My father created god and me in his image.

Stripped of any brilliance,
my humanity laid bare.
My mind like a desert,
my soul like a tree – no fruit she bear.

My Soul she’s beaten,
like tempered steel.
My minds wit sharpened,
No can steal.

My existence questioned every day,
From the beginning as a bae.
Dark thoughts especially selfish ones,
I have yet kept at bay.

Why must I endure all this suffering,
All this searing pain.
All I long and would have been
Happiest at being nobody but one paine.

Free me from this entrapment
My soul and mind are struck you’ve seen.
I long for pleasant waters,
With my family somewhere in the scene.

– Jijo Alex K

Don’t say it, for they will know how you felt Don’t
imagine it, for they can read your mind
Walk swiftly and say goodbye, for you will save yourself a thousand questions When you
had to make a bargain of your worth, and love cheaply
You took a man from the trenches for you bent low to reach that far Even
him in his lowly position disdained you
You wondered why, love made you bleed and bleed and bleed But
you never stopped to figure, the spell love had cast on you
In the dimly lit room you bled, but never could you stop chasing for more. You
took the blow and decided to love another
This time, you identified the one you loved and hoped time will bring him home But
you had to love from afar because he never could draw closer
Nay, he never could say a word to stir your little dark world Just
an acquaintance, that is who you were to him
You wondered why, love made you bleed and bleed and bleed But
you never stopped to figure, the spell love had cast on you
In the dimly lit room you bled, but never could you stop chasing for more. Mr
Niceness shook your hand for the first time,
He held you hand, opened the door for you and told you thank you His
smile so wide, his etiquette, a breath of fresh air
Your little world, could once again receive the light of love There is
a man, you told your friends
There is a man, you told your mother
You stared at the window, and saw him walk out
You approached him with a bouquet of flowers He
looked at you and laughed
For that is how he treated every person Your
face turned a shed of blue
For once again, love had decided to beat you down
You wondered why, love made you bleed and bleed and bleed But
you never stopped to figure, the spell love had cast on you
In the dimly lit room you bled, but never could you stop chasing for more.
Your virgin lips found themselves in a man you did not know love
comes slowly, you thought
But a stranger, had taken your world by storm
You who was once cowardly in love had found a home You
could lie on his chest, and your fears could fly away Every
chance of speaking your truth, you adored
For you had not opened your heart, for so long But
soon enough, the beauty dwindled away His colors
so evil, a perfect description of hell Yet you excused
them, thinking you were wrong
For it was so long, and true love had never graced your altar He bent
you and bent you till he could break your world
He loved another, and you were forced to behold it In
fact, it was your coins, that he used to entice her You
never saw yourself, outside of love
So you let it go, and allowed him to stay once again Your
little mortgaged house ever-welcoming
Even to the strange women, he loved
You hated yourself, you cried your heart away For
it is your heart, that kept wanting more They
murmured every time you walked
Mrs, Independent, there she is
They branded you the one who hates men For
they had never seen you in love
But only you knew, how much you wanted a man But
only you knew, how much you believed in love
You smiled it all way, and knew that never could they understand For
they had made a conclusion selfishly, and sealed your case You later
agreed with them, to hide your shame
For how could you say, that no man really wanted you in truth For
how could you say, the purity of love, you could not find When
they knocked on your door, you imagined the worst You fears
erupted, and truly they did not stay
You concluded, you were a woman that never was lucky in love Deep
down you believed that someday, you will find
The man, that will love you in truth
It remained a hope, and your age clocked
They called you an ugly whore who never believed in love They
branded you ‘Used Goods’ that never could find a home You looked
at them and shook your head
For only you knew why
You wondered why, love made you bleed and bleed and bleed But
you never stopped to figure, the spell love had cast on you
In the dimly lit room you bled, but never could you stop chasing for more.

Gird your fears stay tuned in
prepare for financial ruin
I’m coming to get your
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spim spam skim flam
thank you mam
phish spoof splash slash
brute force hash attack
backdoor botnet bottleneck poke
crash crack cloak creep smote
malware frack adware bleed
money misdeed shattered creed
keylog smog scraper tomb
breached payload logic bomb
social engineered hack slap
DDoS jab hacktivist clickjack
fuzz bug infosec
wardriven SQL inject
deep web dark web
hidden web forbidden web
packet racket fake worm
maladjusted toxic squirm
encryption rootkit login smog
Trojan whitelisted spoofing bog
evil twin viral smishing sniff
data meta mega maga rift
crypto doxxing cypher black hat
it’s a zero day ransom hijack attack

In Canada I learned to live, to read
A map, to build a boat, to make a wish,
To hit for average, to plant a seed,
To outrun animals, to outwit fish,

To estimate, to burrow under snow,
To bask, to spell the colour grey not gray,
To throw a football through a tire, to grow
Resenting moving to the U.S.A.

Words fail. A poet is supposed to paint
With words, but on this awkward palette are
No colours, only colors which don’t run.

In dust through dangerous depressed constraint
Into a southern grave descends my star,
But northerly my heart remains, undone.

It’s off the coast just east of China
And although I’ve never been
I’ve got more souvenirs from this land
And so do all my friends

Yea they make good things for living
Good things for life today
So little asked for what we’re given
Now how much would you pay?

Thank God for Taiwan
I can’t afford to lose you now
Thank God for Taiwan
You’re where my house is from somehow

I see a store shelf that’s displaying
Hand-crafted porcelain
All the same and all authentic
Only in Taiwan

The money doesn’t matter
You’ve given me society
I’ve got your statues on my mantle
Welcome to the family, Taiwan

Reach out, reach out and buy someone
The collection’s just begun, Taiwan
My art impressed the whole gang
I can’t afford the real thing, Taiwan

The shoes I wear all came from Taiwan
And so do half my clothes
And in fact so is the earing
That adorns my girlfriends nose

Thank God for Taiwan

You came into my life when I needed someone most,
Filling my heart with complete bliss, in my life, you gave me strength, hope.
I could never dream of the day that I ever lose you,
For if that day was to come true,
I wouldn’t know what to do.
Deep within my soul, you vanquished all my pain, fear, and sorrow,
Leaving a warm, bright smile on my face, leaving me hopeful for a better tomorrow.
A rare, yet strong, everlasting type of love,
That soothed my soul, easing my troubled mind, as warm and gentle as a turtle dove.
Few will ever understand why you walking into my life was startling,
However, those up above heard me crying, pleading out, for them to send me a man, someone
to love, thus, they sent me you, My Gallant Darling.