The Uncertainty of Tomorrow

Tomorrow

Isn't the past

Tomorrow

Isn't the present

Tomorrow

Is rather the future

Uncertain

Blind

And a bargain

The uncertainty of tomorrow

Causes anxiety and worry 

That we are blind to the events and existence of tomorrow

Causes panic and unrest

Tomorrow as a bargain

Is dreaded by most

A bid of possibilities and impossibilities

For Tomorrow

May never come

For Tomorrow

May be your last

A Tomorrow

Filled with procrastinations

Tomorrow

A falsification that we are immortal?

That we still have time?

To correct our wrongs?

To be better individuals?

To accomplish our goals?

To procrastinate some more?

The impermanence of Today

Bears the gift of Tomorrow

The impermanence of Today

Makes us value every second we get

The impermanence of Today

Today becomes Tomorrow

The impermanence of Tomorrow

The Time Cycle of Life

A Tomorrow filled with

Hope

Dreams

Visions

Positivity

That it is Rainy Today

Doesn't mean it won't be Sunny Tomorrow

Tomorrow 

A chance that may carry greatness with it

How you shape your Today

Shall help shape your Tomorrow

Why do you live for today?

Today may end

To give way to Tomorrow

Resulting to the existence of the past

A past we call Yesterday

We cry at the end of Today

But we should smile

For it offers us a new opportunity

A Future to be better than we were Today

A Past we can look back to to correct our mistakes

A Current to live like there is no tomorrow

A Current to fulfill our dreams

A Current to attain our life goals

A Current to do our best

To give our all

In all we do

But be happy

For the blessing of a new day

An existence we paid no price for

Gifts and talents we need to utilize

Aid we need to offer

Love we need to share

Gratitude we need to show

Mistakes we need to make

To learn and gain strength 

To never give up

Or feel lowly of ourselves

For the lives we live are not for our sake

But for His sake

The success we gain is not ours

But His

We live for our families

We live for our future generation

We secure better opportunities for those in our lives or yet to come

For it is more fulfilling

To live your today for others.

Time the Beauty of an Impermanent World

The beauty of an impermanent world

We get to treasure every minute

Every moment

To Love without fear

To Smile and Laugh

To live like a child with no worries

For there maybe no tomorrow to love

For there maybe no tomorrow to smile

For there maybe no tomorrow to live like a child

The beauty of an impermanent world

Our worries, pain and suffering

Are not eternal

They will soon fade away

Joy and happiness will soon bloom

It may not be here

But in the next world

So make your today worth it

To smile eternally

The beauty of an impermanent world

Today I live

Tomorrow death might come for me

I got to see the sun rise and set today

I accomplished my purpose in life

I lived my life to the fullest

I used my potential to my maximum

I shall die empty

The beauty of an impermanent world

I shall pave way for a better generation

Stories will exist

Stories will be told

Of the life I lived

Of the deeds I did

Question is

Will my great grandchildren smile at the tale?

Learn from the tale?

Wish I was alive for them to hug me goodbye?

Will I even end up as a story?

Or my death will be final?

My children too ashamed of the life I lived?

A bad example to my great grandchildren?

My death

An erase of my existence?

My death

My awakening to greatness?

The beauty of an impermanent world

All that is temporary

Is permanent

Permanent as memories

Memories we can hold on to

Meditation key

Key to relive those fragments

But only in our imagination

Smile in solitude

At remembrance of what was once temporary

Now permanent

In our own special way

The beauty of an impermanent world

Makes us grateful of what we've got

The beauty of an impermanent world

Gives us strength to persevere the pain

The beauty of an impermanent world

Gives us hope of better days

The beauty of an impermanent world

Our situations good or bad

Our joy and sadness

Our life and death

Gifts and blessings

We paid nothing to own

Lets share them

Lets value them

Lets learn from them

Lets leave as one

The beauty of an impermanent world

Let your time count

See beyond the norm

It is never
Just...
A crack on a wall
A crack on a ceramic vase, plate or pot.

It is never
Just...
A wrinkled face
A withered flower.

It is never
Just...
A dying person
A dying flower.

It is never
Just...
About permanence.

Wholeness
Beauty
Youth
Life

It is never permanent

But it is always certain

That we will all go through it

And we will all perceive it differently.

But have you ever taken a moment?
To see beyond the blemish?
Beyond what society has marked "imperfect"?
To see the bigger picture?
That is the art that lies within and beyond
Those cracks
Those wrinkles and withered petals
That last breath?

Well...
I have.

I see new beauty
Blinding beauty
Shining like a cluster of stars
With renewed glamor
With intense strength
With intense hope
With a big warm smile.

Cracks that reveal the image of a bird
Cracks that spell out love
Cracks that add new beauty

Wrinkles that spell out wisdom
Withered petals that portray fragility
Wanting to shelter the flower
That it stays bright a little longer
That it retains its sweet scent
Withered petals that show the importance of value for what you have
Before it is all lost

Death
Is not the end
Rather the beginning
Of a new age
Of those that are born today
Death
The last breath
Taken with a smile
With youth in the eyes
Paving a way
To start life again

Impermanence
At its perfection.

You are not your sins, Unless you make it so

They stood and watched

Watched as they destroyed her

Watched as they tore him apart

Piece by piece

They laughed

Found pleasure in doing so

The Id leading in this endeavor

The Superego destroyed

The Ego a puppet to Id's commands

Greed

Lack of selflessness

More on selfishness

Lack of humanity

More of injustice

I - rules

Gluttony

Filled to the brim

Eating like a pig

Consuming past what you can accommodate

It is no longer about hunger

It is a bad behavior

An ugly, disgusting endeavor 

Envy

Jealousy is your middle name

Never happy about others' good fortune

You hate on them

Call them names

Break their esteems

Your behavior towards them

A reflection of you

Hating on you

Vanity

You beat your chest

You are the best

Who told you so?

If you think as far as your nose?

Always about 'ME' ,'I'

Never the person of 'WE'

Pride

Gets no where

Try humility for a day

It won't tire your soul

Lust

Love clothed in infatuation

Desires of the flesh

Kills your worth

Kills your being

My body

The temple of the Lord

Confused whether it is love or lust?

Simple

Happy if the world knows what you have been doing in the dark?

Without a ring on your finger?

Let's parade you on the streets

Let's lay ourselves naked

Let's judge each other?

Let me give you an answer?

No

Let your conscience give you the answer

Wrath

Rage

Will destroy you

Rage

No one likes angry people

Rage

Even the lion knows how to stay cool

Rage

You will regret your actions

Rage

Is not to blame

You

Are accountable of your feelings

They

Greed

They

Gluttony

They

Envy

They

Vanity

They

Lust

They

Wrath

They

Destroy the soul

Make you empty

Stain your being

Make you unworthy

Free from grace

Guilt

Shame

Death

That's what They result to

Anybody can fall victim

Forgiveness is for all

Consequences as well

You are accountable

Point the finger

At you

But all is not lost

You are not a lost cause

Your grace can be restored

Your soul can be made new

Your being can be washed clean

You are worthy

Wrongs made right

Guilt turned to acceptance

Shame turned to example

Death is now life

They

Are not You

The Puzzle

Open your heart

let it speak to you

Open your mind

let it think freely

Trust your gut

It's never wrong

Living a dream

Illusions of the mind

Hurt by love

Infatuation

Holding on

To What's already lost?

Let the pen flow freely 

Let it tell it's own story 

Let it draw it's own perspective 

Of the world that was

Of the world that is

Of the world that will be

Of the world that will never exist

Question my integrity 

Question my loyalty 

Question my every move

Because I don't trust me

Cry for help

Laugh for strength 

Close your eyes

Live in your imagination

Life

We can never fully comprehend

Music, My Other Language

Strumming your strings

Such sweet pain indeed

Holding tight to sound sweet 

If I let go there will be no hum

If I let go there will be no tune

If I let go there will be no song

Hold you close

Yet not so close

Hold you tight 

Yet not so tight

Hold you right

Strum you right

Let's write out my story 

Through the chords strummed from your strings 

Let's string together 

Let's make music forever

I am afraid

To take it all away

I am afraid

To try and make my way

Will I stand?

Will I sway?

I need to know..

Can I make my way?

See, what you took

Rather, what you have

Rather, the part of me you own

Is the only thing I need

To make my way out

Of this forsaken world

Of hurt and pain

Obliteration

Robbed

Robbed of my father

Robbed of my mother

Robbed of my sister

Robbed of my brother

Robbed of my family and friends

Alone

Empty and scared

Hollow and wrecked

With a void I seek to fill

With solace tears

With silence and darkness

With retrieval and denial

But fear brings me back to reality

Taunting and maddening

Fear of the silence inside

Fear of the illusions in my mind

Fear of the haunting sleepless nights

Fear of the memories of what is gone

Gone

Goone

Gooone

Go...

Now...

Leave me alone

No...

Wait...

Come for me too

Why did you have to leave me?

Am I that undeserving

That death loves others more than it loves me?

Take me as well

Take me where you took the rest

Take me now

I beg

But please make it as painless as sleeping.

Not all is lost, I still hold on to Hope

You were my hero

I was your princess

I am your reflection

Your image and likeness

Similar in your nature

An imitator of your behaviors

I held you with high esteem

And you taught me never to accept anything less than royalty

For I would grow into a Queen

Thus destined for a King

Mum loved you

You both completed and complemented each other

I an added piece of the puzzle

Further enhanced the beauty you both illuminated

Like the sun as it sets in the evening

Like the lilies in our little garden

You promised you would never leave her

You promised you would always lover her

You promised you would always be my hero

You promised I would always be your princess

Mother loved you

Mother believed you

I loved you

I believed you

But you broke your promise

And broke our family

When mother passed on

I was left alone

For you took in another

And she brought with her 

duplicates similar to herself

She was your witch

And you became her wizard

What was to become of me?

Our castle became a dungeon

Our little garden of lilies

Killed for being pretty

For the witch lied that they gave her allergies

And the laughter and life in our house

Soon perished like our flowers

Lost you to another

One I am supposed to call

Step-mother?

How about

Not-my-mother?

For that is what she is

Will I ever get you back father?

Am I still worthy of a king?

Or doomed for believing it was not your fault?

You were just trying out your luck?

For a second chance in love?

So do I forgive you?

For the broken promises and hurt?

Should I stop judging you?

For maybe you were lied to as well?

Just seeking comfort for lost love?

Lost for she passed away?

And I a constant reminder of her beautiful smile?

Sorry papa I couldn't piece our family puzzle back together again

Sorry papa I couldn't comfort you when mother died

Sorry papa for the pain you carried alone inside

I still love you papa

And I will wait as long as it will take 

For you to return home to your little daughter.

Past Time... Present Time

Once upon a time

A catch phrase every child knew

Once upon a time

As such story books are indeed once upon a time

A distant time in history

A time slowly becoming extinct 

Once upon a time

Stories about princes and princesses

Once upon a time

Stories about happy ever afters

Once upon a time

Stories about utopia worlds

Once upon a time

Magic, fairies, talking animals and trees

Once upon a time

Imagination came alive

In this time

Children Speak, Live and Fancy XYZs

X-box, YouTube and Zombies

And trending in numbers HTCs

Horrors, Thrillers and Cos-plays

In this time

Batman vs Superman

In this time

Civil war

In this time

Deadpool

In this time

Game of Thrones

Not every pool of water owns depth

Not all stories start with Once upon a time

Not all stories end with a happy ever after

Not every content you feed your system is necessary

Not everything is worth investing your time in

Past and Present time

Had and Has negatives and positives

Invest in positive growth

Plan to dive in enough depth of water

Not in a baby pool

Get the right fishing spot

Not a swamp

Seek information and knowledge in the right places

Seek guidance and assistance from the right people

Be creative and think big

It is not about happy ever afters

It is not about magic and flying dragons

Nor about princes and princesses

That I treasure Once upon a time stories

It is about the hope they give

The lesson they teach

That good always prospers over bad, evil, wicked

No matter how long it takes

No matter the struggle that one shall face

Justice prevails over injustice

The truth will always be laid open

Those who are humble are surely exalted

Once upon a time

Was someone's dream

Wake up

Open your eyes

and write out your own story

for you bear all the materials you require to do so;

Your talents and abilities

Believe in yourself, 

Have determination, 

Work Hard and Smart

Let Prayer and Meditation be your daily routine

Know that your dreams are possible to accomplish

You just need to have courage and be kind

The Struggle

Such impeccable beauty She is

Oh! What marvel to the eyes

You can view Her from any angle

But every angle is different, 

Every angle is unique, 

Every angle is special, 

Every angle is more beautiful than the other.

But to keep such beauty,

She had to Fight!

She had to Fight Hard! 

She had to Fight with Strength!

She had to Fight with Courage!

She had to Fight with Wisdom bestowed upon Her by Her ancestors!

She had to Fight with her all!

To have it all

Not to loose at all

The beauty that is rightfully Hers

Her forty two children She wanted safe

To shield under Her breast.

She commands respect and attention

Admiration and approval

Her home covered with green vegetation

Creatures of all kind

Maybe the Garden of Eden in the modern times

A land of milk and honey

That the pale skin men saw as potential

Potential to scramble for and grab

Grab what wasn't theirs

Harvesting where they had not sown

Imprisoning the children of the land 

And we became slaves in our own home.

Slaves to be exploited

Whips, sexual assaults, starvation, taxes and torture chambers rewards for resisting

Slaves ripped off our independence to free will, thoughts, ideas, opinions,

For anything you said was already held against you

Left but only with the right and freedom to breath

For they couldn't rule that

And with all their "intelligence"

They had no control over it.

They said they came to our land to bring "civilization"

But all they did was insult us

They made us donkeys

Beasts of burden

They called us monkeys

They called us dogs.

Did they think after all their treatments we would accept them?

Give them gifts?

You mess with a chick,

Well be prepared to be pecked by the Mother Hen's beak

You tried to destroy our culture and make us go against each another

So we fought for the blood you spilled

That was our weeping

Fighting and revolting against you

And we finally won

And sent you packing 

Back to your home

Now She holds Her head high

Waving Her beautiful powerful Black, Red, Green and White flag

For Her people fought with shields and spears in defense of their freedom

Blood was shed and She mourned for Her lost children

But She reclaimed Her natural wealth

Now peace is Her motto