N.N. Nicky - Writing: Short Stories, Poetry

Before the Lights Go Out When winter comes, the wind will bring back the long-lost memories I want so much to forget. When winter comes, the snow will once again fill the ground, and I’ll begin to think about you. I’ll think about those winters we spent together, and then I’ll realize once again you’re gone. I want to be like spring, happy forever when the cold wind dies down. I want to be like spring, happy forever when the flowers grow and the birds fly up in that beautiful blue sky. But whenever I think about you, and whenever winter comes back, they haunt me like a ghost. I want to kiss and hold you, but it’s only a figment of my imagination because you’ll never come back to me. When winter comes, you won’t be here to kiss me when the lights go out in the dark quiet room. No more laughter from the heart, no more laughter from the love that you brought into my life, and no more you. There’ll only be a dark shadow lurking around my heart like your love killing me softly whenever wi...

Before the Goodbye  Is it just me or has the world stopped turning?  All the laughter and happiness are now dead.  Am I the only one in this world without love? Should I close my eyes and forget about love?  Should I sleep to forget the pain you’ve inflicted on me?  All the hellos and goodbyes come and go like the rain that washes away the love and lies that live in your heart.  The rain also washes away the memories when I look back to yesterday.  They were memories that made me so happy, but what’s left now?  What’s there to think about?  There’s no one here but the four walls.  No one cares anymore, and no one here but the goodbye of love.

  The Sweetest Day, sang by Vanessa Williams is also another one of my all-time favorite love songs. I love this song a lot. Whenever I listen to this song, I remember of the 1990s when Music Box was popular. I think it was called Music Box, where viewers call into the station and pay a fee to have a song plays. This song was also played a lot on VH1 back then. The good old days of music...

  Because There Was You I remember every summer I spent with you and remember every summer kisses you placed on my lips. Sadly, I also remember when you left last summer while the grass was still green. The flowers were still fresh, but you decided that all our loving memories were not good enough for you. When you were with me, I was happy. Your love kept me alive, and when you weren’t here, I began to die day by day. I have no regrets falling in love with you. I’m sad that you’re not with me anymore. There’s only this pain you’ve left that makes me think of yesterday when we were together.

  I had a chance to see Vanessa Williams in concert in 2019 at the Kennedy Center. She sang some of my favorite songs of all time, and this is one of the classic love songs I really love from Vanessa Williams. She sang this song with Brian McKnight in the 1990s.

Be A Man Why do you have to hide? Why do we have to play all these games? Can you just look at me and tell me how much you care and love me? Why do you laugh when you see me? Why do you talk sweetly to me but can’t tell me the truth in your heart? Be a man, be bold, and tell me and don’t keep it all in your mind. I want you and love you, so don’t be afraid. I won’t turn away from your love because I love you. I love you when you look and smile at me, but it also hurts me to see you with someone else. It hurts me when you’re not telling me how you feel inside.

  Back to You I give back to you the roads of yesterday that we walked on when you took my hands and told me how much my love meant to you. I realize now that those loving words were all lies. I give back to you the love you gave to me from when our love first grew. I gave you all my trust and my life and threw myself into your arms. I thought you really cared for me, but I was wrong. You walked away faster than the falling rain and faster than my beating heart. Now everything has come together. Everything is in place, piece by piece and lie by lie. All the sad thoughts of you and me, which were once lovely thoughts, have now faded away with you.