A bell is not a bell
until someone rings it,
a song is not a song
until someone sings it.

Love wasn't put
in the heart to stay,
for love isn't love
'til you give it away.

- Chanh Kha -

Love is a moment that lasts forever...

- Julie Wittey -

She's walking down the aisle
With a smile as pure as honey
A gust of wind as smooth as silk
A glimmer of hope
A ray of light.

She's walking down the aisle
With lovely clothes of crimson red
A look of a saintly figure
A voice of an angel
A silent whisper.

She's walking down the aisle
With eyes as deep as the sea
A song of the morning bird
A divine vision
A picture of paradise.

She's walking down the aisle
Like clouds floating in the sky
Like an angel ascending from heaven
Like a drop of rain in the desert
Like a promise never broken.

She walks down the aisle.
She asks me a question.
I have no words to answer.
And time stands still...

- Sikandar Razzaq Bughio -

Friends

A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.

- Jean Kyler McManus -

Love is ...

Love is...
What makes a weak man brave
And a king step off his throne
Good times, bad times
Easy times, tough times
It comes in an instant
And lasts three days after forever
That's what love is.

- Mike -

Love is not blind - It sees more and not less,
but because it sees more it is willing to see less.

- Will Moss -

Pertemuan Seputih Hati

Buat kesekian kalinya
kami hulurkan salam
ucap bahagia menyambut ketibaan
jejakilah damai permai
tanah bumi bertuah
hiruplah nyaman segar udara di sini
angin mesra dari daerah saujana
hamparan sawah padi terbentang

Pertemuan ini menjalin
segugus mesra antara kita
madah terbit dari nurani murni
biar jadi pedoman dan ikutan
generasi masa depan menghargai
tinta dan bicara kalian
terpahat kekal di minda dan jiwa
betapa tingginya nilai khazanah bangsa
tidak mungkin terjual selamanya,
jangan sesekali dibiarkan kering
menjadi debu ditiup angin songsang
atau dibiarkan menjadi sampah
mudah terbakar menjadi abu

Pertemuan ini jangan jadi penamat
menoktahkan perjuangan keramat
jangan dipadam api perjuangan
nyalakan obor semangat
teruskan hingga kiamat

Setelah sekian lama dirintis denai ini
kini menjadi laluan terbentang
mana mungkin diizinkan petualang
menanam lalang menutup pandang,
bersiaplah dengan sabit dan parang
tebaslah segala lalang liar
dan onak duri berbisa
jangan kita jadi penderhaka
membiarkan laluan ini ditimbus
menyekat perjalanan anak bangsa

Berbicaralah dengan seputih hati
merungkai kusut
dari simpul-simpul kelabu
bentangkan helaian sutera terindah
untuk dilukis dengan warna kedamaian
lambang sepakat suara sejagat

(Sajak ini dideklamasikan oleh YAB Dato’ Seri Mahdzir Khalid pada Malam Puisi Nusantara pada 28 Julai 2007 di Dewan Wawasan Jitra)

Love is like a mountain,
hard to climb,
but once you get to the top
the view is beautiful.

- Daniel Monroe Tuttle -

Standing by,
All the way.
Here to help you through your day.

Holding you up,
When you are weak,
Helping you find what it is you seek.

Catching your tears,
When you cry.
Pulling you through when the tide is high.

Just being there,
Through thick and thin,
All just to say, you are my friend.

- Brittani Kokko -

Lidah bangsaku tiba-tiba kelu
di hujung satu dekad abad ke-21
buana yang resah benua tidak tentu
akan segala yang mungkin alaf baru,
ketika kuasa-kuasa bertukar haluan
krisis ekonomi gelegak di tangan
budaya hidup yang terencat
sosial manusia yang bejat
di sisi globalisasi liberalisasi
bangsaku hilang berani.

Dari dahulu di bumi merdeka ini
bangsaku bingkas
bangun berdiri
bersatu langkah sederap serentak
yakin bangunkan nusa yang hebat
dimalui disegani dihormati orang
atas kekuatan aneka macam
taat setia rakyat menjulang
satu padu bukan kepalang
sepakat nikmat kemakmuran,
jika muncul aliran baru alur fikir
menerjah tanpa nyata batin zahir
nusa ini akan nanar
jadi pohon tidak berakar.

A AZIZ DERAMAN
Kuala Lumpur

Love feels no burden,
thinks nothing of trouble,
attempts what is above its strength,
pleads no excuse of impossibility...
It is therefore able to undertake all things,
and it completes many things,
and warrants them to take effect,
where he who does not love would faint and lie down.
Love is watchful and sleeping, slumbereth not.
Though weary, it is not tired;
though pressed, it is not straitened;
though alarmed, it is not confounded...

- Thomas A. Kempis -

You are friendly, kind and caring
Sensitive, loyal and understanding
Humorous, fun, secure and true
Always there... yes that's you.

Special, accepting, exciting and wise
Truthful and helpful, with honest blue eyes
Confiding, forgiving, cheerful and bright
Yes that's you... not one bit of spite.

You're one of a kind, different from others
Generous, charming, but not one that smothers
Optimistic, thoughtful, happy and game
But not just another... in the long chain.

Appreciative, warm and precious like gold
Our friendship won't tarnish or ever grow old
You'll always be there, I know that is true
I'll always be here... always for you.

- Written and owned by Angela Lee Hillsley -

Love Survives

Time to share is always there

I peered thru life
Ever avoiding strife
But now am undone
My barriers broken
For one has found me

Reached in and unbound me

Her love has burst my bonds
And set music to my songs
Her need for me
And mine for she
Has made my Winter Spring

A new start
With hammering heart
We color the world with our dream
Nothing is as it did seem
The darkness of my solitude is done
She - my rising sun.

- Robert K. Charron -

You know you are in love
when you see the world in her eyes,
and her eyes everywhere in the world.

- David Levesque -

Marriage is not a ritual or an end.
It is a long, intricate,
intimate dance together
and nothing matters more
than your own sense of balance
and your choice of partner.

- Amy Bloom -