trees

standing on the rooftop this afternoon, i looked out into the distance at all the ports, buildings, and mechanical "giraffes", when suddenly i realized the amount of trees that actually existed there.

now instantly i knew that all these trees belonged to the west coast park areas, but i had never noticed them with such a form of clarity before... it was almost like a new perspective to me, and i figured that foreigners who were able to share my view, would probably exclaim on how green a city singapore is, with all of its lush greenery existing within and together with the urbanized areas.

much like how we turn to and rely (sometimes over-heavily) on mental schemas, my mental image of the view from block C's rooftop was always all about the ports and the grey overcast skies, the limited view of the ocean, the occasional red glow from the setting sun through the cirrus clouds, the little cars and buses passing through pasir panjang road. whenever i stood there, these were the things that formed the bulk of my impression of the area, and i would largely only focus on these.

(a similar example would be when one looks at a picture of an airport, one would focus on the planes, the runways, the control towers... and less of the service sheds, the cargo trucks, or the large open-air carpark, because all these are less likely to be construed as the important features in an airport scene.)

anyway, it just all kinda' hit me in a "new perspective" sort of way.
i never truly acknowledged their (the trees) existence until now, and you could say i was never really this fully aware of their presence. and as i stared closer at them, noticing the leaves and their shades and their forms, i started to appreciate them fully. although they were never truly noticed, they always played such an important role in the bigger picture, silently and steadily standing there against the currents of time... just waiting, breathing, and being.

it made me miss all the little things in life that we never truly noticed and appreciated before - but we must be grateful for. and it made me miss just standing there with my dearest, along with the small privilege of sharing the same view as her... it's such a cold, awakening realization to think back into the past, when we could stand on the rooftop and look at the same things, pointing out stuff and sharing the view... how precious even such a trivial moment was.

i, don't wanna' go through this life

without you by my side

and i, have got it all worked out

in my head, here's how it's gotta' be

it'll be you, and me

up in the trees

and the forest will give us the answers

it'll be you, and i

up in the sky

it's a combination for disaster

we, we make believe

in a world we rule together

we, can build our dreams

with a knot tied tight, to last forever

and i know, there's more for us in this life

if we hold on, if we hold on

i know, there's more for us in this life

can we hold on? can we hold onnn