jady91
Malaysian
Just a boy who did not know he could be a poet / Until he learned that he could / In a modern era of free poetry / He's not confined to pentameters and such / He's free to embrace / Free to think / And free to write / / "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" - Wordsworth
drown me out
hide me with a cloak
make me invisible
more than i am right now
i don't want to shine
i don't want to be out there
let me blend with the crowd
let me not stand out
for every time i gain
just a tiny ounce of confidence
to just try again
i end up disappointing
so, not again
not anymore
just drown me out
i don't want to be seen
Jun 12, 2018
Jun 12, 2018 at 6:22 AM UTC
With bated breath he waited,
From dawn till dusk he waited,
From dusk till dawn, he waited again,
He waited till he waits no more,
For bated breath is no more,
For breath itself, is no more.
Mar 24, 2018
Mar 24, 2018 at 7:26 AM UTC
Fly me to the moon
Sink me to the sea
Bring me where you go
Throw me where you aren't
Whatever it is,
Just get me out of here
Jul 20, 2017
Jul 20, 2017 at 10:56 PM UTC
He sits down
His every breath weaved with sighs
He sees the sun outside
He sees children laughing and playing
He sees their smiling faces
He looks deep within
He can't seem to find it in him
He questions if this is what it means to be happy
Jul 17, 2017
Jul 17, 2017 at 3:08 AM UTC
In your silence, remember my voice.
In your tears, remember my laughter.
In your sorrow, remember my joy.
In your grief, remember my words.
In confusion, remember my lessons.
In your anger, remember my patience.
In your loneliness, remember my presence.
In your memories, remember me.
For in your memories, I will live on.
And my legacy, passed on.
And finally,
In my passing, remember to live.
Sep 30, 2016
Sep 30, 2016 at 10:48 AM UTC
Do I love my country?
Do I love my country?
Do I love my country?
To the question above, I simply reply ‘Yes’
But the more they ask, the more I question
Do I really love my country?
If I do indeed love my country
Why thoughts of migrating keep invading my mind?
Why do I feel like just running away?
Why do I feel as though there’s no hope?
Why am I, why am I not doing anything about it?
If I indeed do love my country
Why is it
That when the national anthem is playing
When in the past, I stood still wherever I may be
Frozen in my path and in my actions
Do not even dare to wipe a sweat
But now, but now,
It’s so easy to joke and to play
To tickle and to sway
To laugh with friends
When the Negaraku is being played
If my country, I do indeed love
Why is it that I look forward to National Day
For its holiday
And not for the reason of the day
I question myself again
Do I love my country?
Aug 28, 2015
Aug 28, 2015 at 11:14 PM UTC
this is a follow up to Battles, a poem i wrote a little more than a year ago.
Down here on this ground
I lie here
I could not move
Overwhelmed
Overcame
When i thought i could not go on
I heard a voice
A still small voice
Calling me
'Child, my child.'
I reached out but no words escaped my mouth
I could only bask in the beauty
I could only lie amazed
I chose to only
I chose to just surrender
Love enveloped my deepest soul
Peace everlasting overflow
Now this battle is not my own
Now this battle, i do not stand alone
Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 2014 at 8:53 PM UTC
She broke his heart.
He said they're fine.
But he know it's not.
He went to sleep.
And in his sleep
She came to him.
He shunned her out.
She came again.
He asked her to stop.
He knew she tried to apologize.
He knew he should forgive.
He could not bring himself to do it.
But he knew it's the right thing to do.
He went and searched for her.
He saw her new beau from afar.
It made things harder.
But he knew he had to.
He found her.
He said "Hi"
And with that, he finally forgave her.
But they can no longer go back to where they were.
And then, he woke up.
Knowing that it was just a dream.
For it will not happen to him.
For she does not know how much she's hurt him.
For she has a new life now.
And now, he's conflicted.
For he does not know what to feel anymore.
Jun 23, 2013
Jun 23, 2013 at 11:05 AM UTC
How does it feel
To **** me each day
With your presence
When you are near
When I see you in his arms
I die a little inside
Knowing I could not be
The man you want
For the man I am
Is not the man you desire
And the man I long to be
Could not be the man you would want too
It's definitely not fair
Not fair I say
Not fair they say
And quoting The Script
"For when the heart breaks it don't break even
What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you
What am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up and you're okay
I'm falling to pieces"
But not anymore
For I've decided to move on
And you'll remain a memory I have
And you will now be somebody I used to know
Now, no more strings attached
I'm going to be who I want to be
And not who you see me to be
So, here and now
All I'll say is
Goodbye
Just goodbye
For if I wish you well,
I would be lying
Though I no longer hate you
I can't bring myself to wish you luck
So, just goodbye
Goodbye
Jun 13, 2013
Jun 13, 2013 at 8:04 AM UTC