My eyes saw your tears

I think I may have said too much.
My lips spat crimson red from his arm.
As though miming in a glass box,
His silent cries resonated in my head
Tear by tear by tear by… I fell down.
Guys. Hard, but fragile;
Armored, but not impermeable;
Resolute, but huMAN.
May be it was the unreachable badge,
Or the key at hand.
But I felt my tongue slice through you.

Caged

I woke up to a peanut at my face.
Breakfast! I thought, what kind souls.
Soon the peanut disappears into a sea of acid,
My sea of acid.

I looked around to a world of bright light and smiles.
A positive change from where I laid my head before.
Showered with more alarm clocks, I was god.
With a twitch of my fingers and a gulp,
The faces, oddly differing in shapes, cheered.

I was satisfied with their prayers.
With offerings in hand, I ordered
For the peanuts to fly to my subjects.
They scurried away. The same spider-webbed look.

I reached out but the massive metal monster separates the holy
From the despised.
Sad little creatures. No freedom. All being dressed.
All caged up.

In hot soup

I never liked mum’s tomato soup.
A sea of red, misplaced from a teacher’s pen,
Served hot on cruel white china.
With every gulp, the chilies stinging sensation
Cheats off the faint smell of cinnamon.
Steam blurs the vision but still the taste of
Pepper’s prominent under the confusion of ingredients.
Desperate for a cup of water.

Still in clothes with a tie and crest,
Your neck rolls down cold sweat
Just as mother’s eyes do as she slices the onion.
Scream. Mother cuts her beating finger and my blood dripped.
My head bows down lower silently.
I find myself swimming in mum’s soup.

will i ever get there

am in the middle of the ocean
surrounded by overbearing waves
i see my destination ahead
just a wet graveyard away.

i screamed in my head
i pictured the smiles shinning soaked
raised my arms and sank
not trying to stay afloat

We Rock! We Love! We 27!

Once upon a time,
There was, in NJ, OG27.
It had awesome OGLs-
Agnes, Rachel, Edward, Darren!

Of course, 4 wasn’t enough,
Needed orientees,
Especially those with super cool names
Like Maria Grazia Lee!

But Maria then felt lonely
And needed friends to play,
So she went to find Xinyao
Who gladly said, “OK!”

Then Swee Hwa came along
Bringing friends of four-
Samuel, Hui Jun, Malcolm
Not forgetting Vanisha Kishore!

So all of them had fun together
Until they heard 2 voices singing.
Looked around, searched high and low,
Only to find Kang Jie and Cara Li Yi Ting!

Now 8 girls here with 5 boys there
The OG’s growing strong!
But the more the merrier, come on in
The cheerful Priscilla Khong!

They played games that were fun TTM-
Watermelon, double wacko.
So thick skin they were, included themselves
Were Hong Yi, Yee Cheng and Derek Goh.

Hey, bear with me, the poem’s ending,
How impatient you guys are!
I won’t compromise writing about
The cute bubbly Nadiah!

Then suddenly, oh gasp shock horror!
A figure appeared out of the blue.
Is it an alien? A monster with claws?
No it’s worse! It’s Lim Han Chun!

“Never fear! Kevin is here!”
As he restrained Han Chun with a hug.
But Kangxin saw it, got really jealous
Cause HC broke his heart.

So what to do? A love triangle!
What a mess this is!
So little cupid, Yuan Yijia,
Solved it with a kiss!
(On whom? I let you guys decide.)

Then everyone became crazy
And started loving each other.
But it was ok, I think, I guess
Cause they all lived happily ever after!

Preying

i could feel the heat behind me shooting down
as my bald head reflected light like the stars.
my eyes, as sharp as my beak, scoured
as i hovered above what was once alive.
stubbornly refusing to remove myself,
i smiled when i saw, from the corner,
new meat.

For you, me and another

It’s funny how I say I’m immune
When my heart beats out of fear
And my mind goes completely bonkers
When you step any feet near.
I can feel my legs shaking
And my hairs standing on ends
But yet "none, no feelings for you"
Even I can't comprehend.

Speechless, when staring in your eyes
So I try to look away.
Cause I know if they stayed glued onto,
An arrow of terror will shoot into me and a dagger
Not far, in another's heart, lay.

I'm cool

sometimes i feel you make me crazy,
clouding my mind, fogging, hazy.
you turn the corner, but my eyes follow you
then i turn away, just to seem cool.

you aint suppose to be here, at least not right now
for the wrong reasons, my heart always pounds.
im acting! to show you that im better off,
yet you dont pay any more attention than a child to a moth.

kazoom! away! you shall disappear!
i'll try spells, witchcraft, anything! to diminish this fear.
i want you gone, distant from me, somewhere far away
and i dont ever want to find you again any other day.

you're not important, i dont need you. go away from me
i am happy. im living well. oh, cant you see?
you turn the corner, but still my eyes follow you
then i turn away, just to make me seem cool.

2011

it's 2011 already,
so i thought i'd pen down some words.
damn, it's A level year. it's time to study;
time to start acting like a nerd.

a new year, a new begining
forget about the past
got to think ahead, embrace the present
cause time flies really fast

don't know how i'm so grown up now
when i'm still a small kid inside
problems to face, more stress to take
need my blankie to hide

no no no. i wont escape
running away wont help
going to unleash my strength, my burning passions
yes, the difficulties, you shall melt

ok, let, not get a head of ourselves
and forget about reality
but, seriously, not kidding at all
i will triumph this time, i've got a feeling

I’m thinking, I’m thinking!

I’m thinking, I’m thinking, I’m thinking!
Yet still not a thought in mind.
With such a short time, my brain seems blind,
Oh, none of my words are linking!

Got to get my head to make phrases,
And stanzas and verses four.
But it would be gore, to talk about war,
I feel like I’m lost in mazes!

So now I’m in a dead end again,
Trying to make this work.
No ideas do lurk, I’m definitely not perk.
Damn, I’m getting a migraine!

Come on, subjects fly to me,
Or else this poem won’t start!
With all my heart, I’m thinking but
It’s inspiration I lack, you see!