--HITACHI NIPPON STEEL--(1998-2003)--

--Morning..--

Just a note to say hello
before I start my day
couldn't help but drop a line
to my friend so far away

As I sip my fresh brewed coffee
thoughts of you have crossed my mind
so I'm sending morning greetings
with hopes your day is fine

Today is filled with sunshine
like the friendship we two share
my day will be just dandy
I'll pretend that I am there....

--Confucius (551–479 BC)--

1. Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.

2. Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.

3. It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

4. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.

5. What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

6. They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

7. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

8. If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

9. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

10. Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

11. The cautious seldom err.

12. The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

13. The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

14. Things that are done, it is needless to speak about…things that are past, it is needless to blame.

15. Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

16. What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

17. When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.

18. With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow – I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud.

19. Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

20. To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

--Risen From Hell--

I’m not dead
I was in hell
Before too long
I began to burn
My heart cold as ice
Slowly running out of the numbness
That protected my partial sanity

I’m dying inside
I can’t fight this pain
Nothing to numb
This ache of mine
It’s too much to bear
I’m afraid to watch me burn

My eyes weakened
Relying on my senses
I could hear the crackling
Of my internal fire
The smell of the dense smoke
Filled the air
Left with only my soul
To pick and weave through

I’m dying inside
I can’t fight this pain
Nothing to numb
This ache of mine
It’s too much to bear
I’m afraid to watch me burn

The emotions
Flooding my veins with poison
Turning my blood black and cold
It was now or never
Slowly burn and blow away
Or
Rise from this hell of mine
It won’t beat me
I haven’t fulfilled my purposes
It took too long
Before I rose to the surface

I’m dying inside
I can’t fight this pain
The numbness is harsh and sour
It sickens me
I won’t let me burn

My sight restores
The sun so bright
The air so crisp
I dive into the smooth serene water
It feels so heavenly
On my freshly burned scars
Soaking it all in
I had almost forgotten
How much beauty this planet held
What I left behind
Is free of my newly reclaimed skin
It will never be disdained
I’m not dead!
I’ve risen from my depths
Ready to take back
What I once had

It was now or never
Slowly burn or rise!!

--Day 30th~Seroquel XR 300mg~Remeron 60mg--

--Good Morning...(Taiping)--

Every morning
the world
is created.
Under the orange

sticks of the sun
the heaped
ashes of the night
turn into leaves again

If it is your nature
to be happy
you will swim away along the soft trails

for hours, your imagination
alighting everywhere.
And if your spirit
carries within it....