As the clock races ahead, unabated
The decision draws closer, unresolved.
A moment of reckoning set in time
A choice to be made for the rest of life.

And yet, I don't move; incapacitated
And overwhelmed by the choices I face.
No right-or-wrong, heart-or-brain,
Just two paths I don't know well enough.

Perhaps this is what leadership will be
A struggle between hope and despair.
Every day an unexplored path to tread
Every decision a break from the past.

From this familiar feeling of doubt
I must make myself fearless, immune.
Perhaps find the star that guides me
As I navigate the path I seek to create.

These masks that I carry with myself
And put on when the situation demands.
The happy one, the serious one, the sad one
The one with energy, the one that's grim.

So accustomed to juggling these masks
That what lies underneath has been forgotten.
The dreams of my blithe self from the past
Now looks like a distant memory.

Maybe somewhere out there lies redemption
Maybe I need to be brave and break free.
Or maybe I need to learn to juggle these masks
Each a vestige of a time that's shaped me.

We've come a long way, haven't we?
Through roads we had never imagined.
Our souls have been dismembered, mutilated
But we stayed the course, united.

We fought with all we had, against demons
Against demons who knew a lot about us
About our imperfections, our insecurities
Our inability to be who we claimed to be.

And yet, these imperfections are what I love
They have made me come closer to you.
Made me realise that, after all, we are
Two souls, imperfect, building a life together.

The yesterday, the today, will both melt
And will forge the contours of the tomorrow.
A tomorrow unknown, very mysterious
That hides in its cloak the secrets of joy.

My fearful heart seeks those secrets,
But the gentle past has only advice to give.
Fear not, it says, as you ride these waves
They are the friends that got you here.

In the colours of your rainbow,
I lost the colours of my being.
In the shifting sands of your time,
I lost grains I had picked up.

When you flow by my side,
I erode, and become one with you.
The silence of my existence,
Lost in the cacophony of motion.

With me you play hide-and-seek
And yet guide me when I'm lost.
Your stillness is like a deep mirror
Taking me to my forgotten past.

You're always there, and yet never.
When you I seek, you disappear.
I waited for union with you, but
Only to realise we never parted.

The dust raised by the falling tree 

Once had me blinded, helpless 

My cries were buried by the noise 

Of the earth shaking under its weight. 

Today, it feels like a burden has lifted 

And my soul, once again, takes flight

Into hopes that seemed impossible 

Into dreams that once seemed dead. 

There is still remorse, of course, 

This moment has passed into oblivion. 

But my being feels re-assured that

This heart hasn't lost the ability to feel.

Love is pain, and pain is love,

And love is also the light of day. 

And therefore i must live it, love it, 

For as long as in this world I'll stay.

I am your reflection, in the waters of time.

Every part of me shaped by what we were.

A slave of the past, of your memories,

Perhaps chained forever by your reflection?

Your reflection infinite like the sky

It expands, and I forever expand with it.

From hell to heaven, ocean to sun,

The entire creation is in its play.

And therefore you have set me free,

From the bondage of my mortality.

Today my back faces you, my love

I am, however, only your reflection.

Where do these streets take me? 

Once brimming with hope, 

They now brood. 

Once running into the future, 

They now look back. 

Into the darkest corners of me

Into what I don't want to see 

Into who I don't want to be. 

These streets might consume me. 

Once harbinger of change,

Now more of the same. 

Once a glorious new dream, 

Now a sleepless night. 

A night of painful introspection. 

A night of solitary confinement. 

A night of desperation. 

But I wait, now, patiently, 

For an absolution that always came. 

I wait for change to being me out. 

But there lurks a fear deep within 

What if it doesn't arrive this time?

I wish I could hold on forever

To this moment, this beautiful one. 

I wish this song would keep playing

Hope this melody never echoes empty. 

But this too shall pass, like all else

This me, here today, will die soon. 

This fleeting nature will wear me out 

My memories, my joys, my sorrows. 

For this fleeting moment, let me cheer

To life, to rebirth and to rejuvenation.

Maybe plant a little sapling today 

That may give shade to my future self. 

Neither time not distance, it seems 

Can keep my thoughts chained. 

Like a gushing stream of pristine water, 

The memories makes their presence felt.

Blatant, like an unforgettable image;

And even when the eyes may be closed

The sound of water hitting the rocks 

Takes me back to a tumultuous time. 

These voices will never go away, fade 

Hence I must buy my peace with them.

Live a life so beautiful, a daring adventure

That the sounds unite in a singular melody.