LOST IN TRANSLATION

Counting on the leaves of autumn to fall on a summer’s day  

It is not a childish play

Staring blankly ;-

into the mindless racing thoughts’ highway

tunneling feelings as if I was on a subway

yet it will never be nothing but a short drive away.

From the path of salvation to seek help

How can a bewildered soul travel past self-help ?

Striving and pushing limits to be better

But what exactly defines the word ;-

When everything seems to be aligned as a setter.

A debtor is what I will continuously be

To the eyes of the world that can never set me free

Beaming lessons in life ,learned ;-

And I can always agree

Imminently in debt to a life borrowed from thee.

MAIDEN

Words are spoken yet actions need to be taken

Appreciation would always be the token

Together with a humble trust and love

It will never be forever broken .

What difference does perception and submission make

When your own opinion is at stake?

You take charge of the decisions you make

So never stray from yourself by being fake.

Strength and wisdom is God given,

You need not to be proven

Love thyself before you get even

Friends will hold the fortress

When you can’t bear being beaten.

All is fair in love and war

Or so that is what has been rumored from afar

You’ve taken yourself til this far

Don’t let a pebble halt  you from your journey

And keep you bottled up in a jar.

A fair maiden that you are

Independent in ways that you have become

In  this life you will  raise the bar

Need not let a man suffocate you like a lung filled with tar.

SLUMDOG

I grew up in the slums of a place called MS university

Life is what they call it but mom was looking for epiphany

Back when I was seven and my sister was five

We didn’t know life was tough but we managed to survive.

Mom’s prayers brought us to the land of Malaysia

Didn’t know where it was till I landed here ,the heart of Asia

Nothing beats the feeling like I belonged

Wasn’t feeling alienated cause it was like I was home

I learnt how to live, I learnt how to love

Cultures intertwined from two nations which I’m proud of

No one comprehends the passion I have for this little country

Yet I can still speak to you about it very humbly

Twelve years passed without missing the motherland

I found my love and lived the life in this little wonderland

For fifteen years,  I loved unrequited

No security provided but we stayed as decided.

Mom still teaches and dad just finished learning

I’m not gonna wait for another prince charming

To take us  out of our foreign battles

Cause I won’t let us fall under those  prattles

Life outside is tougher than it looks

But I am not ready to take up  these hooks

For even this place that I’ve loved my whole life

Can tear me up like a steak knife.

This is a constant fight that I can’t bear to lose

For my family or country  I need not choose.

Working hard to be the sole provider

No giving up even when life gets harder.