Saturday, April 12, 2008
chasing trees

"Should i give up,
Or should i just keep chasing pavements?"

the music video for this song, Chasing Pavements by Adele is one of my favourites. [in fact, i can't think of another music video that i really like.] go watch it.


you told me that
when you go running,
you'd aim for a certain tree
find yourself a destination
and run towards it.

when you reach it,
you'd aim for yet another one
and run even more.

that
is how you conquer the distance
running more than you thought you could.


let me have those points.
don't take the trees away from me.
don't place those points further and further away as i am still running.

it's exhausting.

just a flat space.
a path with nothing on its sides.
all i see is the horizon
and i'm running towards it.
of course i'm never going to reach the horizon
i don't know where the path leads or how long it'll go on for.

with no destination in sight,
running seems that much harder and tiring.
half the time i am thinking if i should stop and give up.
how long more have i got to go?
am i closer to the destination or the starting point?
should i push on forward or should i turn around and head back?


i would like to have you run alongside me
let's agree on a tree
and we'll run towards it.
at our destination,
grant me a hug and maybe a peck on my cheek.
then we'll choose our next tree.


now, i ask for a tree.