we're safe now,
how long we can stay -
we need not know
with you, I exist
hush now, I insist :
until dawn, as we sleep,
I'll be with you, wide awake
at this moment, whatever it takes -
I 'm here now ;
you're safe
I promise, I'm yours -
for as long as I can last,
for as much as I can take
this time : it stops,
forever is waiting
there is no I,
there is only us -
this is you and me,
our chance to be :
one -
in this world, and
in this life -
and to eternity.
"Final Heaven"
D.A.G.
07.22.08
true (final heaven)
dead (third)
there’s no time
our story - how does it go again?
everything's on reverse:
take me back to that time we danced:
the first song never ended, and
we couldn't care less
is it over, at last?
we’ve lost our grip, but
was it I who slipped?
this morning, my soul craved for yours,
but instead it found mine;
nothing more,
nothing less –
but I ,
myself,
and no one else.
“third”
D.A.G.
07.21.08
first (bao bei)
It's mutual
Between us, this sensation
It's clear now - it's crystal
Four summers back,
where night meets day
and souls collide, the stars;
gazed at you and me
Do you remember?
That song we used to sing?
How we held on to our words?
When what we had deserves tears,
Today we smile for what we are
More than a feeling,
You were a choice
My hunger, my thirst -
You, my shortest forever,
remain with me still:
my first.
"Bao Bei"
D.A.G.
07.14.08
secret (petite ami)
she lets her hair down,
strands screaming of dark serenity:
she escaped my dreams again
we spoke last night,
just before i woke up
she promised she'd keep my eyes closed
a thousand times I've walked past,
a thousand times she didn't look back
she can't hear what I want to say,
what I want to say is not what I'm saying
one seat apart; we can stay like this
no words to exchange;
too many first impressions
she kills with those eyes on the back of her head,
I see them - locked on mine
time is on a stand-still
never mind that the room sees us
no other place will suffice
i choose to stay: now, and until then-
in this instance.
"petite amie"
D.A.G.
06.07.08
unrequited (iron man)
Today I stopped counting the days-
When I would freeze up in the cold
And I had no one here to hold
When I would stay up late at night
Just to keep you in my sight
When I would always stop and stare
Yet you were never there, I swear
When I would always have to wait
Just to get that second date
When I would check you on your day
And you would push me far away
When I would sing myself to sleep
And no more tears are left to weep
When I would strive to pass your tests
And still I end up second best
When I would smile back when it hurt
And try to hide from you my worst
When I would seem to not care much
And yet I die just by your touch
When I would gladly roll the dice
And still you had me thinking twice
When I would always want to leave
But seeing you made me believe
When I would give all that I can
Just to say that we held hands
When I would lift my hands and pray
A nd hoped my heart would turn away
When I would love to see you cry
In hopes that you would tell me why
When I would look back on the past
And love as long as I could last
When I would be so quick to shove
And yet I’d always wish you love
When I would know there’s more to this
And yet I still have that one wish
When I would take that faithful leap
For I was always yours to keep
"iron man"
D.A.G.
05.26.08
at first sight (firetruck)
Please, don't give me reason to stop;
I embrace unrest just to preserve you.
I cannot resist: up close,
your beauty shatters every paradigm there is to believe in.
You exist in a world where angels alone can enter;
and yet, here, you stand before me: a familiar stranger.
How is it that panic is evoked in this calm?
Demise suddenly tastes sweet to this bitter tongue.
A smile, so innocent, emits from your lips,
Our eyes meet amidst this chaos of faces.
You can save me; a drug that is your gaze slowly consumes me-
I am a prisoner seeking no escape.
Please, don't give me reason to stop;
You are her, stranger.
You are my prayer, personified.
"Firetruck"
D.A.G.
02.06.08
forbidden (allergy)
The clock’s hands tick backward as I pause;
solitude as my companion
Thoughts turn into memories,
playing inside my head
Yet why do you stand still? - a portrait hanging on the edge of my sanity
And yet you remain my sweetest sin
Your heart is on the other side of a line I cannot cross.
We are living in what we are – close.
“Allergy”
D.A.G.
01.17.08
