Soliloqui

It’s so cold here
Never felt the chill before
My walls were never thin
Opened the doors and windows
to let you in
The empty draft lingers
Should have locked up tighter
not let the curtains blow in the wind

I wanted to be like Juliet
but you said Juliet’s dead
“Be my Romeo” I plead
“I want to be Romeo
But not for you” he said,
“Don’t bleed for me”

I thought I was so strong
Thought it wouldn’t be too long
before I could smile on my own

Why’d I trade in sundresses for corsets?
I still love running in the rain
Someone come dry me off, though
Catch me, if I’m too free I’ll fall

**

Remember that smile?
So sweet in the sun
Rays shone in your eyes
Grass was greener on this side

Dandelions drifted away
You sneezed into the spring wind
Weeds sprung from where the sidewalk ends
Cicadas chattered under passing clouds

These are all mine yet so far from me
Ended too soon before I could see
The sun had set and I missed the glow
Snow fell and I didn’t know

Stay for a while
I promise I’ll be good
I miss the gold
Don’t wanna grow old

Just give me dawn
I promise I’ll move on

I tried to write a Chinese song until I realized I have no songwriting ability and my Chinese is at the level of a first-grader in Taiwan (when I use a dictionary).

我還是愛著回憶中的你
才不想忘記曾經的甜蜜
我偷偷地欣賞你的優點
一直想著你每夜都失眠

你曾給的所有我不該放在心上
卻只能把過去的愛好好隱藏
我捨不得放開你的手
不肯承認我的愛不夠

So there you have it. Two stanzas filled with grammar issues that kind of rhyme (oh did I try…)

And if you’re wondering why I’m posting this when I think it’s crap, it’s because I need to save it somewhere for future revision (i.e. complete overhaul) and I need to use this weblog more often (killing two birds with one stone - the goriest idiom to date).

I like parentheses.

I hate college applications.

So freaking irrelevant.