My Poetic Ramblings - Page 5

I know this girl named Jo
She plays the pi-a-NO
We used to be roomies
And once drank slurpies
But I haven't seen her for 3 months in a row

I know this guy named Leslie
He is definitely not seventy
But he has a girl's name
But that is not a shame
Because Leslie Neilson shares that glory

I know this girl named Yeni
She also likes Tomorrow in Annie
We had physics together
We sat beside each other
Free chicken made it fine and dandy

I know this girl named Sang mi
Her drawings were deep and lovely
She always had bangs
She read White Fang
And now she's taking philosophy

I know this girl named Jess
Her room is never a mess
She changed her name
To that of an English dame
But she's still the same more or less

I know this girl named Shaila
She painted her nails blue and silva
And on a rainy day
Long ago, far away
I joined the Yellow Dot Mafia

I know this guy named Brendan
He probably eats eggs and bacon
I met him at a seminar
He was definitely not from Mars
Because last time I saw him was at Algonquin

I know this guy named Adrian
I wonder if he drinks Evian
He's a genius at math
He's walked the IMO path
He might just develop the next Pythagorean

I know this guy named Louis
He is anything but clueless
He has ICQ
And says Aqua's cute
Wonder why he's midnight@mindless?

I know this girl named Denise
She strikes up the tune Fur Elise
In the midst of the music
She hears the timer click
And then someone starts to boom Grease?!

Insane (March 12, 1999)
-- Yiffie's Insane Poetry Collection --
Copyright (c) 1999 Yifan Zhu. All Rights Reserved.

Yiff I were a can of sardine
I'd be roaming the streets of Berlin
I wouldn't be cold for I have my skin
Maybe I was born with it, but maybe it's Mabelline.

Yiff I were a dish of salt
I'd stand atop the world in halt
On wounds and scrapes my crystals will soon exalt
And I can't wait for that chaotic result

Yiff I were a sheet of paper
I'd hide myself inside a diaper
Then the world will be left with frustrated murmurs
Of cursing-obscenity mothers

Yiff I were a bar of soap
I'd weep all day long and mope
And people could say I have no hope
Should I stop bubbling?  Nope!

However,

Yiff I were a delicious bottle of incense
I might just stop this load of nonsense
Clearly, I know nothing of quarterback defense
Or is the thing they do called offense?

IT'S FINALLY FINISHED!!! I even worked out a simple but decent piano arrangment!!! I guarantee you the chorus *flows* this time. Now all I need is a piano intro (yes me have the conclusion too =)! And I also have a GRAND plan of how this song should be recorded / sung given the occasion it represents. BTW it still sounds MUCH MUCH better WITH music; it's presented in the exact order the song is sung.

And since this is (yes, as you guessed) a birthday tribute, to the birthday person: all glitches and speckles and dust spots aside, Happy Birthday! =)

Through the Candle Light (March 12, 1999)
Words and Music Copyright (c) 1999 Yifan Zhu. All Rights Reserved.

Looking through the light
Of the candles shining so bright
All the world, all the stars
Laughing in your eyes
Seeing all the faces
Of the people you love in this place
Make you smile, make you cry
With all the snowflakes outside

Through the space, through the time
Through the days, through the nights
Through the tame, through the wild
Through the blazing candle light

There's a song across the years
There's a smile admist the tears
There's a day when all the fears
Fall behind as the skyline clears
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh)

Looking back the years
When you walked through miles of fears
All the joy, all the pain
And the laughter and tears
Seeing all the roads
That you strolled in rain and snow
Let you find the lessons you learned
And all the songs you had sung

Through the space, through the time
Through the days, through the nights
Through the tame, through the wild
Through the blazing candle light

Never hurt; never lie
Enjoy all your apple pies
Don't forget the things you learned as a child
You'll be loved; you'll be surprised
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh)

Many years from now
You'll be far, far away and gone
Please stay true, please stay you
No matter what comes around
Let us celebrate
Let us seize this happy day
Before it turns tomorrow
When we'll go different ways

Through the space, through the time
Through the days, through the nights
Through the tame, through the wild
Through the blazing candle light

Once again, another year
Flashes by and disappears
All the friends far and near
Haven't forgotten something dear
(Happy birthday)

Spring breeze meanders across the sky
Teasing the city lights on their fingertips.
The warm glow is blurred with a dip of satin
As the invisible tide glimmers and shines.

A drop of morning dew praises the green
Before falling silently
Onto the thirst-stricken earth
With feebly brown and parched lips.
When was the last time you saw a rose cry?
When was the last time you saw a string

Of raindrops carelessly
Streaming down the delicate rose petals?
Whether it was twelve days
Or twenty months ago when the sun set
And seemed to have set forever,
It is hesistating at the waking horizon and
Wondering--
Will this year's winter chill subside?