Live and Love...

It has been a while since I've posted an entry, and for that I am sorry... I've been a little busy with my personal life... Things have definitely changed for the better, and thus I find myself immersed in each and every day now together with my Phoenix... Her small frail form elegant and graceful, yet within it lies the Phoenix's heart, full of life, passion, wild and untamed... She's my everything and my all... Yes, I am absolutely in love with her... My Phoenix, my love... I've been spending nearly every waking moment with her, together in one another's arms... It's honestly more than I could ever hope for... I dare say that I think this time I have found the one... I think I've really found my true Phoenix this time...
We spent Merdeka, Malaysia's Independance day, together, which was beautiful... Watched the fireworks from a hill near my house... The fires that lit up the sky were a pale comparison to the fires I knew burned within her, within me, between us... How such a sweet flower could contain the spirit of The Phoenix I have no idea... Yet somehow, it seems right... And I'm glad that flower of fire fell into my heart... To my Phoenix, Soraya, I dedicate this poem to you...

Whispered Love

I whispered a prayer...
I prayed for a hope...

In my solitude I knew not why it was,
That my heart had only felt pain and fear,
Such horrid memories from hated past,
Recollections of events that I could not cope...

I hoped I could wish...
I wished for a dream...

Yet now I have broken the chain of events,
Jumped straight to dessert from poisoned dish,
I think I have found her to take me away,
The brighter side of life for me to redeem...

I dreamed of love true...
A love I've not known...

I now know of such pleasant feelings,
Lighter than ones I've had to live through,
Together now with my dear Phoenix,
I fly the heavens no longer alone...

Yes, I am flying in the heavens, so to speak... Love does that to you, no matter who or what you are... While the world may be at the brink of war, and global crises are threatening the lives of all, it's the little things such as love, hope, and dreams that keep the spirit and soul of mankind alive... Love isn't a tangible thing that you can hold on to or calculate... It's beyond all human comprehension... I love Soraya, my Phoenix, yet even I don't know what this power within me really is... All I know is that I'd give my all for her, and that's what's important... To quote Kahlil Gibran, "love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course".