couple in chinese restaurant

man in white, lady in pink

sat facing each other

wife’s tears but face neuter

man more without feeling

they ate cured egg, meat balls

two more plates colored

vegetable drink after

stood up and walked out

at same time yet

she to right, he to left.

relief from limelight

for many months and a year

bathed in light and applause one day

torn by scorn and should haves next day

but dance the music, life is music

though limelight is a search light

just smile while dancing

for one day…

yes one day

a dancer came, new and fair

searched and bathed not me

relief in me, relief.

dancer smiling, later dazed

my heart bleeds for her

i watched the dancer

glide and turn

i watched spectators

clap and frown

gone from limelight, from search

relief, for me relief

before the curtain fell

i remembered dancer before

my own time smiled

when she went away.

dilemma

which do you prefer

life drawn, almost perfect

or life in adventure

include hunger

certain and obedience

uncertain, with guilt

can you choose fast

life is wasting

time so fast

old house in candabong

the house is still there,

standing since thirty years ago, as i saw.

my mother was about forty then, me some ten years.

now i am forty.

the house stood still, worn yet coping

time drawn on its face.

like us.

one arteriole bleeding

there is a face that smiles

though the eyes are subtly gloomy

a kind word from a mothered tongue

orchestrated by a chaotic mind

yes, there is a giving hand

outstretched from a ready soul

though inside is never ending

one arteriole bleeding

though i keep singing.