Carpe Diem

On a cold spring night,

I was awakened by a queer sound...

Of my heart panting

Amidst the silence of the empty walls

That surround me.

For so long I have been wondering

What is that...that makes me live a day

That permits me to open my eyes and breathe 

That sweet scent of the cherry blossoms

What is that...that makes me look forward

That arouses my spirit to dance with any melody

I believe it is desire...a deep and profound desire...

To know..and feel...and have no regrets...

I seize the moment before it is gone...

I leave no chance for fate to fool me

And deny me of that love..of that lust...

For passion and release

I seize the feeling before it fades...

I leave no time to be numb

And sorrow even is welcome if joy abscond

Carpe diem, I say

To live each day as it if is your last

So, I wake up from a nightmare and journey to consciousness

I rather be awake that asleep.