My love,
We have in our hands this day,
A hard choice to make;
To fight on and to stay,
Or to sever and to break.

Whichever fate this brings,
Whichever way this leads,
Know that you will always
Mean a lot to me.

-

Little Drops, Darling.

Whenever you feel exhausted
And the goal seems hard to reach,
Go out, pick up a large bucket,
Fill it up to the brim.

Open the tap, open it so slightly,
And observe each drop of water,
Do you feel impatient after a while,
Or does it feel like bread and butter?

Success hardly comes easy,
Good things hardly come fast,
Make sure to keep on pushing,
Ever steadfastly, play your part

Whenever you feel like quitting,
Let that bucket be a lesson,
And remember,
Little drops, darling.

-

Sometimes in loving,
We walk on hot coals to win a fire.

Is hurting our steps worth warming our hearts,
Especially,
If the fire is cold?

-

There are moments one wishes to live in again,
Like the time I first heard your voice -- that heavenly melody like a lark singing with a nightingale under a night sky,
And the thousand thousand lines I penned likening your eyes to the Milky Way,

There are moments one wish-es to live in again,
But, perhaps sighs and memories suffice,
Perhaps,
They do not.

-

They're like tiny ants scrambling around a sugar cube, taking it apart
pie-
ce
by

pie-
ce

Don't you wish they would leave a little sweetness behind?

That
These thoughts,
May stop.

-

If stories were written in stars,
I'd read your eyes,
They're brighter and would probably have a happy ending.

-

You are beautiful,

Sometimes your cheekbones remind me of the patterns the wind makes as it cuts through snow,
Your ever-warm smile would make it summer in the arctic.

Your eyes reflect the beauty of light like a perfect pair of sun-kissed obsidian rocks.

You are beautiful,

Not just the Disney Princess kind,
Though your whispers would shame an opera singer,
You are beautiful,
Because the words from your heart
paint bright pictures on a dark soul.

You are beautiful,
You are light.

-

Tumi,
Sometimes, in seeing nature's beauty, I see our love described.

I see our love in two adjacent rocks on a waterbed staying firm amidst the waves.

I see our hugs in the warm sunlight seeping through the clouds after the snow is gone.

I see your beauty in the elegance of a swirling aurora.

I see the brightness of your face when the moon is full, and your smile when it becomes crescent.

I see your flawless brown skin in the falling autumn leaves, and your strength in evergreen trees.

Nature is beautiful, dear Tumi,
Think of the world as a garden of flowers,
I think of you as a rose in full bloom.

-

Once, the world was simple
The sun shined in the sky every morning,
Coffee was hot, and rocks were rocks.

And then, it was not.

It was night --
And dark,
And the sun seemed to have fled the solar system,
And fear made room in my heart.

And then the darkness thickened,
So much so that it choked my little light,

Then,
I whispered for help.

You sent your word
that taught me trust the Son,
And taught me to shine,
In the absence of the sun.

-

The next time I will be falling in love,
I'll still be as blind as I was,
Eyelids shut, I'll still ignore the flaws,

The tear-stained pillowcase and this rumpled diary
May tell a tale of heartbreaks past,

The sequel, this time,
I hope will be,
That you'll live happily ever after,
With me.

-