Destiny's Road

the destiny of one man or woman

is filled with so much unknown

the road is long and bumpy

speeding blindly

you'll be hurled out of your chariot

as its wheels run over

this road so rough

you may be strong

but the reins are fragile

being only of threads of silkworms

tiny creatures kept for vanity

but themselves are not aware why they exist

inching slowly instead

you will die before you get anywhere

spiders will creep up on you

and wrap their webs around you

unaware, you are choked out

your life fades away

into the hidden unknown

lost inside a labyrinth

of a very mysterious design

The World At...

the world at twenty-nine

looks so different at nineteen

it is no longer

frighteningly intimidating

nor a fantasyland in a snow globe

but it is still

hazardously uncertain and

also a bit more predictable

with the twists and turns

of growing up

you learn some lessons

you finally admit with burnt pride

that you know nothing at all

realized that the real world

is actually a crazy place

with no exact sense of order

the only order

are jumbled words on paper

that only confounds you

with very strange ideas

that means nothing to you

but you suddenly wake up

to a small-but-significant epiphany

that your lifestyle

is the only existing system

that you, and you alone understand

everything else is useless data

the world tries to pound you with

until you really grow up

and see some correctness

in someone else's teaching

of some valuable knowledge

with your open mind