Category: Uncategorized
-
We are Public Servants
“Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.” -Constance Wu •••Working inside an air-conditioned room doing a staring contest with your laptop all day doesn’t sound exciting at all. But working under the heat of the sun or pouring sky, and meeting new people from different walks of…
-
What is love?
I happened to spend time with this young couple last week. They were fun to be with, lively and in love with each other. I was amazed tbh. I guess that’s what young love is about. However, I got this question in my head… What is love? So I asked some of my friends (including…
-
Best Friend
“I saved my notes on thorns and (if I have any) my crowns.Scribbled some lines of laughter and countless frowns. In these worn-out pages, I poured my heart out and it felt like an endless quest.My ink was my tears, my sweat, my blood, my toes, my knees, my shoulders, my head (just kidding).Though I thought…
-
Dark Phase
The day it started… A while ago I experienced that feeling I never wanted to feel again. I wasn’tcold but I was trembling. I didn’t know what triggered it, but it scares me. I crouched down, curled up like a ball in my bed, puff some air a few times to slow down my breathing.…
-
Change
Seasons change and life seems an endless journeyAnd though we sometimes wish otherwise,Life ceases but time ticks by unceasing.And oh, the rain pours down unexpectedlyWhen just a wink ago, the sun was blazing,And who knows what might happen nextWhen life is full of surprises in betwixt.We witness the dawn break into new hopesAnd watch the…
-
Happy Easter
Renewal of faith. A new outlook on life. There’s a lot to be grateful for. Acknowledge it. Positivity. …Sometimes it’s difficult to pull yourself from the dark pit and you think the only solution is death. Life is beautiful, if only we’re not too stubborn to look at the brighter side. We only exhaust ourselves…
-
Solitary Confinement
Must I go back to where I wasTo the place where I was confined alone,When I wandered far from homeIt sheltered me inside cold walls.Though it kept me withheld in doorsAnd silence was my companion,It never let me feel sad and alone,Hence, on its shoulders I clung on.Perhaps I was blind for I couldn’t seeNobody…
-
Ghosts
There’s something in the night that she fears.There’s something in its silence that torments her.There comes the rain, it terrifies her moreThe raindrops feel like needles pricking her torn heart.
-
Final Destination
I thought you were just a figment of my imagination,Fantasy in a dream-like world but you became a reality, my reality. I thought you were merely a fixationThat got me hooked up abruptly. But you become my salvation, my savior. I thought you were merely a passing obsession,That gives me goosebumps and butterflies. But you…
-
Memory Lane
In this nameless street where sorrow and joy meetWith a tempestuous mind and unsteady heartbeat Quite dull and feeble, battered with exhaustionI walk still very unable to contain my emotion. Traipsing down on memory lane perhaps,Recollection of the gleeful past perhaps,Though wearisome as it may seem, I mustWalk along, rest if need be, but I mustn’t stop.But,…
-
The Road To The West
I’m in the middle of the roadThat to the East, there, to the WestWhich road must I chooseWhen I often think I am lost?Must I take the road to the westMaybe I’ll find peace and solace,There in the land of the dead,There in that forgotten land,Maybe I could rest.This exhaustion is gnawing at mePerhaps it’s…
-
Shall You Find Me Not At The Necropolis
Shall you find me not at the NecropolisSearch for me, maybe, on the shoreFor I may be sitting on the dockI’ll be waiting to be found by thee. But if you let me a-wander after thisKnow that I will still understand you moreI’d tarry till night-time to try my luckI’d be waiting still until you…
-
Quarter to Six
I got off the bus for luck wasn’t on my sideCould it be that the premonition was a lie?With these weary legs idly I stepped asideSat on the wooden bench, just knapsack and I.The sun was shining lazily the whole day,Though with a heavy heart I smiled thankfully. Maybe I must continue this journey laterOr tomorrow…
-
Thoughts
If you would like to change your life, you must first change the way you think about your life. Thoughts are not just thoughts. They are bridges and doors and entryways and foundations. They magnetite and repel. They can build a house and tear it down. They can energies momentum, or keep you idling within…
-
Meet me at the Necropolis
When the final breath escape from my parched lipsAnd this frail, cold and lifeless body demiseWill you weep and cry a river upon this lossOr will you rejoice and be gratefully joyous? When my body finally meet its resting placeFreed from the torture of horrible monsters,Will I then obtain my dearly desired peaceOr still, be…
-
Nameless Street
Took the ride off to the countrysideEven without you by my sideStill hoping you’d meet me somewhereBut you were never there.Sadly, I couldn’t see you aroundYou were nowhere to be found.I was alone, lost and torn andTears cascaded like waterfalls.My knees gave up, down I knelt.Hopes flew, courage did melt.Might better be numb, thought I.Might…
-
Bullying, not a fiction
“Hey, dork!” I think this sounds familiarLike the “Hey, ugly duckling!” that’s quite vulgar.“You’re not good enough!” So and so…But I got used to it. So, what’s new? How many tears have I shed soaking my pillow?But I couldn’t cry out loud, I silently wallow.How many times I wished death to take me?Perhaps misfortune graced…
-
Bullying: a reality, not poetry
At daytime, it hunts me like a stalker.At night, it haunts me like a nightmare.It cuts deep through my soulThat leaves scars, an everlasting tattoo. It preys on my confidenceAnd binds me in decadence.Have I been told to clapback?I was. For I, too, wished to bounce back. But as frail as I was, I crumbled.My…
-
Goner
A deep raspy voice called to me, “Come hither, come hither,Follow my voice, come to me.”As fear embraced me, I shudder.Towards my demise, I walk nigher.Damn! It dawned on me that I’m a goner.
-
Her Final Wish
“If I were to vanish from the face of the earth,I wish to convey my message to the people I cherish.And I shall commence it on this note;Do not shed a tear for my passing,’’ “And if I shall be granted with my request,On top of the mound, do not plant red rosesFor I prefer…
-
The Heart That Once Loved True Lies Here
You proclaimed your intent too sweet for her liking,Perhaps it was one of those scripted litanies.Her naïve heart swooned over your tender words,Unaware her peaceful world would crumble. For quite a while she danced gayly,Oblivious to the looming malady.She sang melodies, laughed her heart outLiving in fantasy, without a hint of doubt. But one day,…
-
A Million Reasons
This heart knew pain, had suffered worseAt times it shows no mercy, just remorse.But what’s mightier than love itselfWhen it came knocking at my doorstep,And without me knowing I befell in a trance.Your potion worked on me, you had me under a spell.I couldn’t resist, I couldn’t get awayAnd I found myself bewitched by you…
-
Waiting
There is agony in waiting when time ticks slowThe unanswered riddles, the waves of skepticismThe surges of turmoil are a dreadful reality… Agonized are those who wait for what may or may not come.
-
Last Sunset
I blinked away the tears threatening to flowWhen the last sunset faded its glow,I watched as the curtains of grim clouds drew in,Felt your strong arms imprisoned me then.I could not wrestle-off from your steel hold,Could do nothing but to let the story unfold.You stoked the fire, lit me up with a single sparkWhen you…
-
Remember Me
Remember me…Through the breeze on a cold morning,Through the crisp wind on a warm evening,Through the pale glow from the moonlight,Or the flickering neon lights on a lazy night.Search me through the crowd in the bustling streets,On the crossroads or passers-by in front of your car, When the red light is on while you’re behind…
-
Wanderer
IAm a wanderer lost for so longBeen in the dark for a quite timeCondemned by fate… LoveA treacherous journey I tookBeen poisoned by a kissWhose lips seemed cherry sweet… But here I am again in this adventureToo beautiful to resist and IChose to take the risk because ofYou.
-
Drifting
I am drifting away but you don’t seem to noticeOr maybe you don’t care, or maybe it’s youFading and our memories slowly obliterating…
-
Journey
And if by chance, I’d meet you down the road,I pray you’d help me with this burdensome loadFor, my feet are weary, this journey is scaryThe road is long, exhausting, and tricky.But I’m ready to face the consequences, I must say,Aye! This quest shall go on, come what may.
-
Escape
If I could escape from my demons by being with you,And if having you could make me forget the torment,And if this borrowed moment would be perpetual,I’ll have you near me often or be wherever you are,And If this fleeting time with you would mean forever,I’d choose to bask in this glory ’til it obliterates…
-
On the Shore
Shall you find me not at the NecropolisSearch for me, maybe, on the shoreFor I may be sitting on the dockI’ll be waiting to be found by thee.But if you let me a-wander after thisKnow that I will still understand you moreI’d tarry till night-time to try my luckI’d be waiting still until you find me.And…
-
Cursed Lover
If this curse can only be broken by a spellWhere I have to write tales of you,Should I refuse such a chanceIf it meant our eternal togetherness?If tomorrow is assured to be spent with youYet I have to scribble more love notes for you,Should I refuse such a sweet ordealWhen I find pleasure in writing…
-
What am I?
I found myself mourningFor a love that has never been,Shattered to bitsFlown with the windLike it was never meant,For I was never once and never will beThe rhythm and the rhymeTo complete a masterpiece,For I was never once and never will beA whisper from your lipsNor a cry from your want and your needs,For I…
-
In the arms of the shadows
(Will she ever find comfort out in the lightWhen she loved how warm it is to be in the dark?Will she ever feel safe out in the lightWhen she found compassion in the dark?)… The intoxicating chill nips at her soulThat slowly numbs her inner turmoilLethargic, she found a new obsessionSpellbound, she succumbed to addiction.For,…
-
Embers of the Past
The horror of the past still lingers in my skinThat smells of betrayal and tears and torment.What must I do to forget the taunting aching?What antidote will work to numb these fears?If I strip myself before your eyes and pose bare,You’ll see marks and scars tattooed forever,A living testament of the battle I foughtAnd on…
-
Fragments of Yesterday
[Fragments of Yesterday It’s Sunday morn and the sun’s up and brightThe throbbing pain in my head doesn’t feel rightFlashing pictures in my memory now an agonyCold sweat, too dizzy to get up, I might throw up.I am alive. I pondered staring at the ceilingBut where am I? Clueless with this sickening feeling.My thoughts seem…
-
FAREWELL
Shall this life expires at a sudden moment‘Tis certain I fell in the hands of my opponent,This instant allow me to opportune this chanceTo vent my goodbye by chanting my rants. For emotions I touched, skins I prickedFrom the visions and words I fancily createdMe self condemned, though random verses I played.Clear is my conscience, edgy…
Yoona 