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By Winterdawn

Cruise into my world of darkness
Sail against the wind and across the seas
Feel my sorrow tearing me down
When I whimper helplessly and drown

Lend me your hand before I sink
And pull me out of the brink
Pass me a drink of happiness
Then I'll be eternally blessed

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While I was rereading my old posts on here and on my other blog, a thought struck me- Is it easier to express through poems or essays? Well, of course there would be people who would answer poem and some, essay. How about yours? What's your answer?

Well mine, it depends. Sometimes when I feel tired but eager to write something, I casually write an essay and that's it. But there are times when I'd feel restless trying to express something that I was feeling at that moment and I'd usually resort into writing a short poem. My poems are nothing but a tool to let out my feelings. As you can see, the ones on here, are quite literal, shallow, but sometimes confusing. These inspirations usually come from whenever I think of a display message to write on my MSN. Once when I was asleep, but had my MSN on, my friend came online and left me a message saying "You always have some new cryptic personal message "

Hmmm I thought of that for a moment and I must admit that my friend was right. I always think of messages to put on my MSN, that will be able to tell people how I feel at that moment, and at the same time, not to be too obvious who or what I'm referring to. My message at that time was "Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend..." If you've listened to the song "How to Save a Life" by The Fray, you will recognize that this line is the chorus of the song. I just felt this line was perfect to describe my feelings that time. I was hmm how do I say this? Having a crisis with another friend. And I thought, what could I have done wrong? Although I haven't lost this friend but I will try my best to keep our friendship.

A poem is short, but it is like a crystal, by which it is a result of a hundred years' evolution from rocks. It's short, but when you read it, the essence of the story is clearly captured and expressed. Sometimes, if a poem is to be explained in an essay, it would take pages to explain and hours to read. But if you understand the poem, its just a matter of a few minutes to read and understand Although some people would think that writing poem is another realm of literature they dare not touch, I would deeply encourage you to try on it I would say it's not so hard to write a poem. You don't have to write like Robert Frost, Elizabeth Browning, or all those famous poets. Just a short poem and simple words would do You don't want your readers to run away everytime they see your full-of-never-seen-words poem, don't you?

As you cruise into the words...
You will realize something...
Something sweet and special...
Blooming deep inside you...

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Winterdawn

I don't know when
I don't know how
I don't know why

But for one thing
I know
I cannot lose you

My heart will beat
My lungs will breathe
But there’ll be no soul

You gave me joy
You gave me sorrow
You gave me love

I accepted everything
I accepted you
For whom you are

I thought I'd be alone
For the rest of my life
But you came

And showed me
The beauty of life
The paradise in you

I learned to love
But I can’t learn
How to let go

I wanted to
Because I know
Nothing will happen

Your life
And my life
Are separate

Your goals
And my goals
Are different

You're so far away
Like the stars
In the sky

I looked up to you
Just to realize that
I can never reach you

I want to wish
I want to wait
But dreams are dreams

I want to let go
To free myself
From this confusion

I want to let go
To free myself
From this misery

But I can't
I've fallen in so deep
That only you can free me

Please, help me
Tell me that it’s just a dream
Tell me that you're not real

I want to wake up
And to start my life all over
Without you

But I might just feel
That something
Is missing

Something sweet
And memorable
Deep in my heart

Kept in my memory
Is your smile
And your love

But now, it is too late
I can't and I won't
Let go anymore

Because I know if I did
I would suffer
Eternal loneliness.