158. MY BLUE VALENTINE'S DAY

(Credits and appreciation to the owner of this picture)

Today's got to be the bluest day for me
A day when lovers exchange their promises and love
Of red roses, chocolates, cupcakes and candy
Of requests for blessings from God above

Where ever I go RED colors the walls and places
Roses blooms line the five-foot way
Beauties in red stiletto heels and dresses
But for me it's just BLUE and dismay

Have I become a face of a mere stranger?
Have I become an object of yesterday?
Have I become a thing of history?
This cold, sad and blue Valentine's Day!

This Valentine Day is a time of reckoning
I learned the pain of being unappreciated
The humiliation of being forgotten
And of presence no longer wanted

With today's Blue Valentine Day I vow
To no longer wait or expect from another
To no longer be taken for granted
For there's no such thing as 'forever'

Have a BLUE Valentine's Day!

- © M@t@Maya, 14 February 2014

157. PUTERI MU

(Credits and appreciation to the owner of this picture)

Suatu ketika dahulu

akulah Puterimu

yang kau manjakan

dengan kasih nan ayu

Akulah mahkotamu

yang kau letakkan

di atas kepalamu

Akulah permata hatimu

yang kau genggam

bagitu teguh

Akulah bintangmu

yang menerangi

malam gelapmu

Akulah Sang Suriamu

yang memancar

memanaskan duniamu

Tetapi sekarang

aku hanya patung

yang bernyawa

mengikut putaran masa

Aku hanya insan

biasa yang merana

ketandusan nasib

dirundung malang

Bagaikan negara

hilang rajanya

Bagaikan kapal

hilang nakhodanya

Bagaikan malam

gelap tampa cahaya

Aku hanya cangkerang

yang kehilangan maya

setelah engkau pergi

tampa kata-kata

- © M@t@Maya 07 February 2014

156. YOU PICKED UP MY HEART

(Credits and appreciation to the owner of this picture
Written on behalf of Nella))

Darkness loomed 

over my head

and air seemed 

to have thinned down

and the walls seemed 

to close upon me

life slowly withdrew 

from my body

I needed support 

to lean on

I needed light 

to get through

I needed words 

as comfort

I needed love

I needed you

When I had given 

all of my trust

and almost all 

of my life to him

he walked away 

and left me to die

to mourn his loss 

in such grim

Then you came by

like a faint breeze

blowing sense into

my tired mind

and you picked up

the pieces of

my broken heart

and made it whole

Now you're also gone

leaving me broken

like I was before

but even worse

because I thought

you'd stay a little 

longer if not

forever

And here I am

nursing a broken heart

and a wretched soul

dragging myself to

continue my journey of life 

and to cherish your gift 

of a beauitful child -

your son

- © M@t@Maya (16 January 2014)