Hide & Seek
Ambition walking on one leg,
how far can a limp of a dreamer go?
the finishline pegged on a cloud,
you hide I seek count down from three,
without you all is slow lack of flow,
no wings the dream shall explode,
you seek I hide on illusion peak.
There has always been a beginning and an end,
we'll meet in this game, question is when, if not then.
May 2009 Shenzhen
Michael Kent Nguyen
Treasure Like So
In-between mellow and raging thoughts,
monkey boy follows here there,
the mind's lines fade like they're air,
wars along the imaginary square,
behold the secret palace where form is naught,
the enemy is not man lower your hand,
undisciplined monkeys are forbidden lots,
chasing after life's invisible box of sand,
from mind floats lost bubbles of time,
stand up, worst case you'll hit the fan,
above the head, store words beside a beating heart,
the promise like today's full moon, missing no parts,
like so is manageable, like so is understandable.
February 2009 Hong Kong
Michael Kent Nguyen
A Secret Pearl
Enter a new mosquito filled world,
it hails a taxi to fly to and fro,
without asking, bites a secret pearl,
the longer your stay the more affection grows.
Beauty is the nightmare of ambition,
out of sight two mosquitos one bite,
sincerity fills the late night transmission,
mosquito or not, part of God's might.
We all have scares, bite marks or the like,
without faults everyone's name would be alike.
May 3rd 2009 Guangdong
Michael Kent Nguyen
Notes of a Melody
You judge my immediate task incorrectly,
its actually to move forward gradually,
I am not here to win words of praise,
don't think I am in a teenage phase.
There are multiple vantage points,
liken me to an instrument's string,
not tight not loose just right,
too lax too max is bordering the fringe.
The right tense will bring sounds of clarity,
play by play the actions are notes of a melody.
April 2009 Guangdong
Michael Kent Nguyen
Illusion of a Dream
The dream more important than life,
I will pay with that price,
raise the lighthouse tall and bright,
doomed to roam from shore to shore,
get in the boat pedal to the floor.
In the grand scheme of things,
the beam of light only useful offshore,
once ashore it isn't needed anymore,
what use is a lighthouse surrounded by land?
the dream only a mark in the sand.
Pay it mind know when to dream,
when its merely another beam.
March 2009 Guangdong
Michael Kent Nguyen
A Race of Feelings
Looking into the distance its so hazy,
but upon inspection of this fair daisy,
a sight so breathtaking so healing,
giving the rose a chase for feelings.
You are your own superstar,
go for the glory do it all,
if not an eagle show me par,
enough courage to take tough falls.
Every flower has no double,
among humans not one equal.
April 2009 Pangyu, Guangdong
Michael Kent Nguyen
American Dream
Hey America where is my poetry?
did my individuality leave me?
in a country that suppresses creativity,
is this the price the hidden fee?
Be warned home of copy factories,
the economic down turn will sack these,
I said it before I'll say it again,
believe in my design for it shall rain.
The dream more scared than life,
build me a home on foundation with no doubt,
raise it up high so I can see past the sky,
something real to protect with all my fight.
The dream an unbreakable contract of life,
love through it all, when cherry blossoms bloom
when the sky is painted gray and clouds loom,
someone true to love with understanding and insight.
My heart beat leaps over my head,
stop a second until it comes back to stead.
April 11, 2009 Guangdong
Michael Kent Nguyen
