Here Without You

by Lawrence Wang

I walk the lonesome street
Living my days alone
Away from the sun
Away from you

I'm right here
Just me, only me
So far from the light
I'm just right here

Here, without you

I look at old photos
Old tales, old memories of me and you
Smiling, laughing, hugging, kissing, just together
Looking at it all, it makes missing you harder

Missing your every moment
Missing your hair, your smell
Missing that teasing grin
Missing you

I look up at the stars, looking for you
Here, where I am and where I will forever be

Here, without you

On the flip side

by Lawrence Wang

We knew it had to come one day
It still hurts anyway
Seperation, never much fun
Don't go, don't run

Stay awhile and listen
You don't know what you'll be missin'
You really don't want to be leaving
Aw, shit, who am I kidding

Denial won't stop the fact
That your going away to regions unmapped
Somewhere far, far away
That's really quite gay

All good things must come to an end
But hey, just around the bend
That's the future calling
Mustn't stop or you'll go falling

This isn't just an ending
but a beginning

See you, kid
On the flip side.

Vengeance

by Lawrence Wang

It pumps through his veins, a viscous liquid turgid with passion. It courses through his body, a liquid fire that scourges his insides, inflaming them with unnatural strength. His eyes burn alight with a dark purpose. Deep inside him a demon chants rhythmically, Vengeance, Vengeance.

He does not see the cowering mugger, stumbling against the warehouse door. He sees a dark alleyway, years ago. A family is making it's way from the cinema. A man in a nice suit and hat, a woman in a white coat with a pearl necklace, and between them a little boy with the bright look of youth. Then. A shadow detaches from the wall. A man swathed in black, demanding money, riches, everything. The thief reaches for the A bright flash. Another. Two sharp reports echo around the brick walls.

Bloodstained bodies fall, marionettes with their strings cut. They hit the ground and do not speak, do not breathe. The boy falls on his knees, his mind shattered with the moment. The thief takes a look at the boy's eyes (mirrors to the soul) and sees...nothing. He flees into the darkness with his blood money. And the boy is left alone with a broken heart.

He looks up. There are sirens approaching, the enforcers of justice arriving too late. Drip, drip. Bloody drops drip down from bloodstained fists. The mugger is an unconscious wreck, mangled, bruised, not yet dead. A scream echoes somewhere. He smiles ferally. His work is not done.

The law-men find the mugger and try not to gag at the horrific injuries done to him. They hear a flapping of wings and look up. A shadow of a bat passes over them and is gone. They shiver.

It is HIS justice being done tonight.

The Summer that Never Ended

by Lawrence Wang

A moment caught forever
A snapshot shot between Spring and Fall

A sun perpetually hanging
Shadows never quite moving

A solitary leaf, caught in the tumbling wind, frozen
A ripple of water, a pebble dropped, droplets hanging in air

Children at play, stone monuments with closed eyes and open mouths
Laughter heavy in the air, blood stopped dead in their veins

The bird hangs in the air, unfettered by the dead wind
Black eyes unseeing, wings extended as though stretched on a dissection table

Caught in the headlights, the deer is helpless in the face of oncoming death a second away
A second to never pass, the driver's wide eyes reflecting the undying deer forever more

Lovers hold each other tight, their whispers of sweet-nothings imprinted for eternity
So close, yet so far, the climax approaching at the edge of time, to never be reached

A snapshot of life
This is a Summer that will never Be

It doesn't stop

by Lawrence Wang

It never really stops
The pain, that is
Never quite easing
Always hurting

Did you ever think, my dear,
the emptiness you could bring
deep in my heart?

A dagger in the flesh
Cut to the very core

A scar always fresh and raw

Its all over

by Lawrence Wang

Its all over
You can take a breath now
Sigh, gasp, scream with relief
No need to be sober

Let it all loose
Get rid of the tension
Smile, cheer, stop gritting those teeth
Gone is the hangman's noose

You're free
Enjoy it while you can
Take a moment, good grief
You deserve it, and so does me

craziness

Craziness

by Wang

Everything's a-rushing
Driving me mad
I'm at the books, busting
my ass off to pass

I can't stand this for long
It's doing me bad
I'm going to go wrong
you just wait and see

I'm insane
Do you believe?