Chocolate kisses

She was good for me and I was good for her

(Or at least that’s what people said)

But one day I wondered how your lips would feel

And it ended up happening to me

It takes two pairs of lips to tango

And two pairs of eyes to mambo

Two pairs of legs to fly

But only a pair of hearts to fall

And we actually fell

Leaping through time like that girl

Who after smelling lavender scent

Got teleported to a faraway place

From where not even love spells

Could bring her back again

Since her darkness had already paled

Among chocolate kisses in wee-hour affairs

“I know I am but summer to your heart,

and not the full four seasons of the year.”

She wrote one not-so-fine spring day

Deception building an even higher wall around her

Despicable soul, incarnated probity!

Avant-garde of honest hypocrisy!

Lukewarm light suddenly switching cold!

Truthful heart pumping reptile blood!

It takes a pair of lips to say bye

And a pair of eyes to cry

A pair of legs to walk away

But just one heart to execrate

Now, while a tsunami crashes on my wall of lead

And an earthquake shakes the foundations of her creed

Our -yours and mine- ending links

Are already melting into a newborn string

To S. and her lips, for inspiring this.

The night is dark and full of hunters

The Prey is innocent and somewhat naive

It is not afraid of the unknown

It is willing to explore and seek

Beyond the realms of its own world

Tonight the Prey is in unfamiliar grounds

A land where it had never been before

Excited about the new lights and new sounds

It prepares itself to play loudly and enjoy

But the night is dark and full of hunters

And that, the Prey does not know

So it walks naively into the danger zone

Where the hunters are gathering around

Oh dear Prey, come back alive!

Do not look at the hunter in the eye!

For if you do, you could be paralyzed

By the skillful display of his disguise

Oh dear Prey, keep yourself safe!

Do not listen to his enrapturing decoy

For if you do, you will expose yourself

In a place where death indeed awaits

I have been there, just like them

So I know their tricks well

I also used to hunt in other times

And believe me, preys do fall into the trap

So dear Prey, choose wisely

Explore and seek, meet and learn

But don’t make the silly mistake

Of chasing reflections that shine too brightly

For they are ephemeral mirages

That make you wonder around in circles

Keeping your attention, like a stripping stripper

Until the hunter decides to pull the trigger

(A loud bang is then heard. Some tweets report it as a firecracker, 
others as a gunshot. It never makes it to the evening news nor the morning papers.)

(Thoughts of) A sleepy mind in Ngurah Rai

Endless halls

Canalizing flows

Of beings

Throwing some into the air

And catching others, hands bare

A liter of tears

Doesn't reach the floor

Until a spinning ballerina

Moonwalking all over the place

Leaps gracefully in the end

"This is the night of your life"

Says David

And thousands of almonds stare at me

Not seeing me, not seeing me

So Jenn takes everyone to ecstasy

Departures (Hong Kong International Airport)

An iron horse in white

Like a time machine

Cuts through space and time

Leaving behind

Human hives made of concrete

And a soya flavored sea

And I

Like a time knight

Fight against a cloud's lifespan

Leaving behind

Past and present

Future

To K.W., because fiction can become as close to reality as we want to.

Grandma

You, beautiful woman, who provided people with food and shelter

And irradiated happiness and energy like the Sun

You who saw the darkness of the clouded minds

But always kept your smile

You who were stronger than your body

And fought like a warrior, all the path

You who were always patient when I was away

And waited for me to come back to say good bye

Now it is time to spread your majestic wings

And rise like an eagle over the sea of clouds

It is time to see clearly again

So fly high towards heaven
And feel the warmth of the mid-summer sun

Quench your thirst with the blue in the sky

And flow with the wind, as one

And be sure, that those watching your beautiful flight

Will be smiling, will not be sad

Because you, beautiful woman, you

You loved until the end, and will be loved endlessly

This one is for Grandma, who started her flight on the morning of October 7th, 2012.