Pragmatic Idealist

We can aim for more than happiness.

We are created

and adopted

to take an active role

in the ongoing

creation of the universe.

"A goal without a plan, is just a wish"

Antoine de Saint- Exupery

When I Grow Up

When I grow up

I want to be a seat

on the subway.

I'd get to support and know

a plethora of travelers

journeying through life.

Eulogy for Things Left Unsaid

Things unforgiven

Things that are lost

Memories blurred

With no way back.

People you thought you loved

Places you used to plague

Now just a memory of another life.

A new beginning.

Because forever, is never forever.

~ Robert Chiu

Exquisite

Street sounds like serene music

The smell of rain, like rich perfume

A kiss like fine wine

The sun like a soft touch

Street lights like chandeliers

The sky like the largest canvas

The word like nourishing food

Exquisite, nuanced, refined.

Without spending a penny.

City Busking

Every morning he leaves his home in a suit,

caries his case through the busy streets of Central London

until he is outside a very particular building.

Pulling out his instrument, he tunes up,

and plucks the same four notes whilst tapping his feet

twelve hours a day, every single day.

I don't yet know his name

But I know that he smiles.

Birthday

They came bearing;

cards and cakes,

parties and presents,

family texts, facebook messages,

hugs, high fives, hour long calls,

kisses and a tie from marks and spencer.

Some pretty inventive ways of saying

"Hey man,

I'm glad you were born."

Predefined

She doesn't like eating olives

but didn't know the taste.

He had was afraid of heights

after deciding when he was very small.

She could not do maths at all

because kids at school were better.

He wasn't really a 'people person'

just as he'd always thought.

We weren't born

predefined.

It's still all up for grabs.