A Memoir of a Poet

Gone (6th edition)

Pensively composed by Denis Toh (Date: 28th June 2005, Time: 7.42pm)

Slow whirlwind, silent thunderstorm

Breezeless tempest and unforgiving wave

I failed to save what I should have!

The rains came and came

And extinguished my livid flame.

As I looked beyond the horizon at the ocean rock

A stream of tears flowed in shock.

On desolate hazy morning shore,

Weeping , I stood amidst the roar

Of a self-tormented seashore.

From afar, I heard her sweet voice of melody

Alas, it was nothing but memory.

My hope to be with you had flown away

In a night and in a day,

In a vision or in none,

Therefore it was forever gone!

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Sweetest Love

Pensively composed by Denis Toh (Date: 20th June 2005, Time: 10.21pm)

Deep in the night, right by the fireside

As you rest comfortably on my chest

Tenderly I stroke your hair

And smell the very scent of you.

I drink your wine and you taste mine

Your emotion swirls wildly

When I draw you closer and closer

Till your luscious lips meet mine.

Your heart leaps with thrill

When my kiss slips into your soul.

Into my embrace you fall,

Both our eyes meet and I see through

The windows of your naked soul.

I smile and say to her,

You're so into it, my love

Because you tell me a secret that

You've not told a soul.

You feel so nervous yet comfortable

As I explore your image of love

And you search my vision of love.

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I Walk With God (3rd Edition)

Composed by Denis Toh (Date: 20^th June 2005, Time: 2.24am)

I walk with God from this day on.

His helping hand I lean upon

I hold His hand and let go never

I talk with God and He understands

He listens to my prayer as I implore.

My dear God, this is my prayer,

My humble plea

May the Lord be ever with me.

In You, My Lord and God, I believe

There is no death but only salvation

There is no fear but courage and strength.

There is no forlorn but Your mercy and love.

I lean on Him forever

And He forsakes me never

He’ll not fail me

As long as my faith is strong in Him

Whatever road I may walk alone.

He guides me from this day on

And I never walk alone

While I walk with God.

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Tonight

Composed by Denis Toh (Date: 17th June 2005, Time: 10.46pm)

Tonight I'm going to hold you tight

Touch and caress you tenderly.

Gently lay you down as I kiss you

And taste you all the way down

While you elate to seventh heaven.

As you close your eyes

Every part of you is explored.

When I'm inside of you

The echoes of our souls meet together.

I rest beside you and stroke your silky hair,

Drawing you closer and

Whisper gently at your ears, "I love you."

You ask me to hold you again

I promise not to let you go until you tell me to

Till all night long, yes, I promise you.

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Silver Moon

Composed by Denis Toh (Date: 11th June 2005, Time: 4.42pm)

In the velvet sky

Rested the silver moon

In fair and pallid

Moonlight shines from the heaven

Over the water tenderly

Gazing affectionately at the human dwelling

Oh silver moom please stay with me

Tell me where my love is

The maiden with flaxen hair

For I yearn to see her

Under your pale moonlight.

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The Wind

By Denis Toh (Date: 2^nd June 2005, Time: 2.05pm)

This is the end of me.

The wind, crying and lamenting,

Devastates my well-being

Not my strength and heart only

But all my mind and spirit together

With the whole ceaseless distance

Like the hulls of seafaring ships

Riding at anchor in a bay.

This is the end of me.

The wind shudders me,

Not out of tomfoolery and mischief

Also not in aimless fury,

But to find for you

Out of its angst

The words of a lullaby

Reconcile serenely with you.

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