Olympics in Beijing
Kamila Valieva doping scandal
Eileen Gu representing China
Nathan Chen representing US
Russians at the brink of invading Ukraine
One bitcoin at $40,000
Blockchain on the rise
NFTs producing millionaires
Omicron surge abating
Lingering Omicron deaths
Lingering anti-vaxxers
EV revolution
Just another day
Another news
From the perspective of
Colored spectacles
It is hard to live
Like a rich person
When you are poor
But it is even harder
To live like a poor person
When you are rich
It is hard to be humble
When you are not
But it is even harder
To be arrogant
When you are not
Everyone seems to be rushed
Rushed to do so many things
Maybe because everyone knows
That time is running out
But the kids
The driven kids
Under high expectations
Surrounded by others of the same
Rushed to take classes
Rushed to go to college
Rushed to graduate
Rushed to get a job
All the while chasing
The ever elusive target
Of success measured by
Other rushed people
Without knowing what
Success truly is
Other than universally agreed
Amassing of large wealth
Spending entire life
Rushing to go from
Point A to point B
Within a finite life
Like a person on Amtrak
Anxious to go from East to West
Obsessed with destination
Missing all the beauty in between
Not realizing
It is not the destination
But relaxed happy travel
That defines the success
As the sun rises from the east
As the rain drops from thy sky
As the ocean waves hit the shores
Another year passes
Another revolution around the sun
Another new year to celebrate
All wishing happy new year
All wishing to be happy
All wishing for another one after
For some it will be the first
For some it will be the last
For some it will be neither
But for all who have made it
But for all who persevered
But for all counting down the seconds
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
Tip of the iceberg
People often say referring
To the apparent issues at hand
Yet seldom do they care
What actually lies
Beneath the tip
How big
How deep
How dark
As long as the tip is
Shiny and glorious or
Just not causing much problem
Afraid to look under
Afraid to expose
Afraid to fix
What lies beneath the tip
In case there is something
That needs actual fixing
Not because they don't want to
Not because they don't agree
Not because there is no resource
But because it requires work
It requires courage
It requires making tough decisions
So the tip just floats along
Hiding the big ugly
Underneath
And when the tip is apparently
Bad to the naked eye
All that underneath holding it up
Suddenly becomes good