WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATED by DANG VO
This book is a work fiction. Characters and event are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely concidental. Dang Vo Montreal, Qc, Canada CopyrightŠ 2013 by Dang Vo ISBN 514-7-5-57-250215-5 All right reserved. No part of this book may be used and introduced in any manner whatsoever without prior written permission. For more information, address the author. First Edition First hardcover printing: APRIL 2013 Printed in USA 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
written and illustrated by Dang Vo
SECRET MIND a POETRY BOOK
WRITTREN & ILLUSTRATED by DANG VO
FADE
I give it, they take it I grow it, they gather it I fill it, they empty it Flowers are fading Leaves are falling Loss of awareness Everything has its ending Still I keep pretending We are running out of time My heart is an empty garden.
TIME
When patience has fallen Tomorrow is not a new day When time is fooling Our hearts keep hold of the past A day turns to years Get lost in time Diamonds in the sky will turn to tears There is no way to jump back to the broken path I find my way to Eden.
MASKS
Thinking is painful Thoughts are confusion To those who believe in my lipstick smile There is another face beneath When its spark dies The broken heart will tell the story Make-up won’t hide the tears Or conceal the scars of time My heart will play dead forever.
ANIMAL
When I wake up There is storm in my heart I saw you step on it in my dream I let the wind steal my feelings I let my blood burn away I will be an animal Only empty eyes are left.
MIRROR
MIRROR
Mirror mirror on the wall Tell me no truth Let me sleep Reality does not exist I dove with mermaids in the deep ocean.
Mirror mirror on the wall Reflect no blue Show nothing true Non-sense exists in my mind The unicorn has carried me to wonderland.
I eat the poison apple So I can dream forever.
AWAY
In this world you try Left me alone, behind time No one understands. So I turn away from what you are Denying all that you have given Find a place that is safe and far Rain washes my memories And the color of my skin Let us put the promise to sleep A secret better left unspoken.
SOLIDARITY
I wander alone on the moon When I am alone Surrounded by emptiness I play within my head This is my life, my dreams This is my fantasy, my belief Thought is my playground This is my nature, my desire I live in a place between sleep and dream I keep singing till the echo reaches the moon I am the lost soul.
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with whimsical images to inspire the mind and soul. by Dang