Look me in the eyes
Everything will be alright
I am here for you

I asked how she was
She said she is doing fine
I said I missed her

Let us remember
Sugar and salt look the same
Trust the right people

Prove your critics wrong
Do the things they say you can't
Don't repeat mistakes

Your tears
are killing me
like daggers
to the heart

Eight hours
of almost everyday
to make
the corporate machine
richer by the second
while we sacrifice
our dreams,
our families
and our passion
to put food on our plates,
to put a roof on our heads
and to provide education
for our children,
the hope of our future
when in fact,
it is our right
as people
to have them
in the first place

I grew tirelessly
listening to same old lies
I have to move on

Our relationship,
like mixing oil and water,
is not feasible

Drinking alcohol
on a weekend
has been
my constant refuge
When no one
wanted to listen,
it does
It makes me forget everything
even just for a while
That means so much
for someone
who had been through
a lot
Sometimes,
one needs
happiness
even just for a while
A temporary escape
of a rebellious mind
That no one
seems to understand

If you want to leave,
then go
but please
don't come back
because
I can't anymore
be as broken
as when I was
with you

Politics and greed
A lethal combination
Harsh reality

You left me
on a September night
right where we had
our first drink
I already saw it coming
You were cold
You always wanted to have
the talk
whenever I said
I love you
As if those words
didn't matter anymore
I wanted to believe
that the reason
you left
is for our own good
but I honestly don't know
if that's true
because it hurt so much
It hurts
that for a rare time
I chose
to be vulnerable,
it was for someone
like you
who chose a different path
You chose the path
of success
and obviously,
I wasn't gonna be
a part of it

There's a man
a very misunderstood man
who hides behind
the mask of a jester
He has flaws
lots of them
He uses these flaws
to make people laugh
He thought
making other people laugh
will make him happy
but he was wrong
Besides, who wants to be
laughed at anyway
So he tries to give out
a serious aura
but it's too late
The damage
has already been done
and it's his fault
It's his fault
that he's misunderstood
Maybe deep inside,
he just doesn't know
what makes him happy
He has a lot of dreams
but seems to be very far
from achieving them
He lost a lot of people
in his life
People he loved so much
He still has people
left in his life
that he loves so much
but just doesn't seem to know
how to show that love
and that affection
What's wrong with this man?
He seems to be lost
in this labyrinth
called life
He doesn't know
where to start again
He has been eaten up
by the system
The daily grind
of a life in the city
just to make ends meet
He is in too deep
What's wrong with this man?
Does heaven have a place
for the misunderstood?

The pain
of the past
had made me
so numb
that I fear
I won't know
the feeling
of being loved
anymore

Thank you
for making me
fall in love again
when I thought
I couldn't anymore

The rich and the poor
An unfathomable gap
Societal norm

The waves are calling;
asking me to ride with it
as the sun sets down

Mediocrity
lair of the ordinary
Aim for excellence

You are my whole world
I am not even in yours
Why am I still here?

The pain and sadness
of looking at a woman
you can never have

Living in a society
where the culture of elitism
is the norm
Poverty, a mortal sin
Those in the upper echelons
dictate the standards
The rich becomes richer
The poor becomes poorer
Equal opportunity is nothing more
than an idea from
a simpleton's mind
Change, merely spoken promises

Politicians,
we hate them the most
Irony
is a funny thing
The people
we hate the most
are the people
who can actually
carry out
the change
that we
so greatly desire

I had been waiting
in the place you said we'd meet
but you weren't there

Mind, body and soul
The three essentials of life
Take good care of them

I was criticized
Speaking nothing but the truth
how the system works

The sun rises very early
Waves are calling,
soothing what is typically
a troubled mind
Sharing a lonely view
with those who need
a temporary escape
from the perplexities
of a broken life