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6d · 20
Possibilities
Azariah 6d
It's easy to love someone you don't know quite well because the possibilities are endless.

... Once you know them a little more, the possibilities start to shrink...

... Like dreams that fade when reality sets in...
Azariah Nov 20
Greetings,
Excuse me miss ,
I was wondering perhaps if you may help me,
See im a wanderer , wandering around beseeking
I have been missing her, so she is assumed missing
Hence the besearch from the depths of my heart try to find her,
To no avail,
Well let me avail to you her description , so as to search your thoughts to your memories as to her whereabouts,

She is a meleninated Asian,
Black like a blackcat and looks Asian ,
Very beautiful its amazing
Smile like a Silverline in the clouds
Humbling like the ninth cloud
Loud and quiet at the sametime
She so intelligent she is wise
The humour is dry though,
Not that she cant make people laugh and has a breathtaking laughter herself
Basketball tall
Hair like Versace medusa
When your friend is a poet, you get random sweet poems.
Oct 29 · 43
Young man continued...
Azariah Oct 29
As I visit him, filled with history that cannot be thrown away.
In his museum, he is there, at the centre, a piece of art.
But still only a statue...refusing to move.
Refusing to yield a warm touch.


But who is truly foolish?
Oct 29 · 243
Young man
Azariah Oct 29
When my thoughts drift towards a certain young man.
I begin to admire his solid structure.
Tracing over every edge, stamping his image on the back of my eye lids.

Dreaming, dreaming of a soft, tender embrace.
Feeling, feeling like that will never take place.
For this young man has found solace in solitude.

As I visit him, filled with history that cannot be thrown away.
In his museum, he is there, at the centre, a piece of art.
But still only a statue...refusing to move.
Refusing to yield a warm touch.

Who is truly foolish?

...I can only expect so much from a statue.
#unrequited love
Aug 27 · 38
Why?
Azariah Aug 27
I'm scared to commit...

I feel like I'm with holding parts that have been hurt by others.
Aug 3 · 48
In 2024 version 2
Azariah Aug 3
We are works of art,
and we are walking museums.

Let's be careful who we display our broken pieces too.
Jul 31 · 61
In this cold...
Azariah Jul 31
Blankets don't keep away the loneliness.
Jun 22 · 198
Your superpower
Azariah Jun 22
I have figured it out.

Somehow, you are able to encapsulate love into a tangible gift that you give to me endlessly.
This is love.
May 19 · 75
How I got over you.
Azariah May 19
I stopped writing...

But after several years,
You just send me a text,
And I realise I'm a mess.

Because here I am.
In the late A. M,
Writing...

Missing you too.
I have no intention of responding...
Mar 3 · 186
More...
Azariah Mar 3
We are much more than the pain that is written in our past.
Dec 2023 · 115
In 2024
Azariah Dec 2023
Let's be careful with who we display our broken pieces to.
We are works of art, and we are walking museums.
Nov 2023 · 411
Decorate
Azariah Nov 2023
I would rather not decorate my day with you.
Because when the celebration is over,
I'll be left to clean up
by myself.
Fear
Nov 2023 · 458
A year ago...
Azariah Nov 2023
A year ago I clung onto the covers on my bed... lamenting... heartbroken over you.

Today, you're more of a fading scar than a gaping wound.
Jul 2023 · 171
Panic attack
Azariah Jul 2023
When we broke up,
I remember clasping my heart in my hand.

I could not believe that my heart had escaped out off its cage.

Trying to chase after you,
Desperately trying to get back to where it belonged.

I almost died trying to unlove you.
My first panic attack left me in awe about how deeply you had intertwined in my very being.
Jul 2023 · 110
You gave me butterflies
Azariah Jul 2023
Those butterflies I felt,
that fluttered to the zenith of  dangerous firmaments,

they too die.
Jul 2023 · 395
All you could...
Azariah Jul 2023
I asked you to take a look at the lacerations you caused.
All you could do was, avert your gaze. All you could say was, "I'm sorry."

And

"You will heal."
May 2023 · 452
Permission
Azariah May 2023
People get lonely,
And that's okay.

But I want to be lonely with you,
Is that okay too?
Permission
Apr 2023 · 151
Proverbs says...
Azariah Apr 2023
A foolish woman is clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.
For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest places of the city,
To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way: “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, “Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
But he does not know that the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of hell.
Proverbs 9:13‭-‬18 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/pro.9.13-18.NKJV

This is poetry at its finest.
Apr 2023 · 258
Bloom
Azariah Apr 2023
You came providing a shelter.
I found comfort and safety.
But after a while I realised
That you were blocking the sun and rain.
And I slowly withered away.

Once you finally decided to leave
Sun rays brought life and
the rain refreshment.
And I was finally able to bloom again.
Breakups are necessary for your self growth sometimes.
Sep 2022 · 148
Again
Azariah Sep 2022
I sit in pain that I've felt before
And once again I'm alone.
Picking myself up once more.

I really wanted things to be different this time.
May 2022 · 287
Because you love him...
Azariah May 2022
You try to reassemble the fragments of the trust you once had.
You collect the pieces without contaminating them with your anger, bitterness, callousness and discombobulation.

You console yourself with memories that aren't tainted with the hurt.
You try...

But you get weary and distant.

And you don't put much effort in the trust you're trying to rebuild.
Because why should you clean up a mess made by someone you love?
When he disappoints you
Jan 2022 · 298
Broken
Azariah Jan 2022
You're running away from heartbreak but there are things that need to be broken for you to grow.
Jan 2022 · 225
Take them with you
Azariah Jan 2022
You're going to give me butterflies
and I'm going to be mad
when you don't take them with you
when you leave.
May 2021 · 147
I failed...
Azariah May 2021
You made me smile
And you made me laugh.
You gave me butterflies
Because for me, you were enough.

But I failed, dismally,
To return the things that you gave to me.
Mar 2021 · 514
When God Created Men
Azariah Mar 2021
He created,
A mind that follows solutions,
An ego so fragile but insists on appearing stable.
A spirit that does not give up easily, and takes risks.
Hands, large, that easily blocks the sun.
Shoulders sculpted, and boldly defined.
Muscles protruding, trying to escape from the skin.
Edges sharp, from the ridges of the brow to the jaws.
And a smile that ignites festival fireworks in a girl's belly.


Everything screaming, "I HAVE TO BE STRONG!"
To all the good men out there. Thanks for existing.😊
Feb 2021 · 149
To you I...
Azariah Feb 2021
...thought I was the ocean on earth.

I found out that I was
a puddle that the
rain made and
the sun
vapourized.
Never overestimate your importance in another person's life.

💧💧💧
Feb 2021 · 373
Drift
Azariah Feb 2021
I think I write best when my heart is physically sound and emotionally unreceptive.

That's when my heart usually drifts, carried by winds of anger,
anxiousness,
bitterness,
callousness,
And more discombobulating feelings like emptiness.

...it drifts until it lands on the zenith of either apathy or peace.

And I write.
How does a 22 year old handle unwanted emotions?

Poetry🖤😊🖤
Dec 2020 · 110
Mask
Azariah Dec 2020
Adulthood is putting on a mask everyday
And hoping that one day
You become that mask.
Dec 2020 · 110
Forgiveness
Azariah Dec 2020
When wounded in a place where the body cannot heal.
And the person who has caused that wound is unaware of how deep it is...
Or does not believe it's real.
And only "negative" emotions seem to numb the pain.

To those emotions, I guess forgiveness would be a betrayal.

So for now, do not forgive me.
Nov 2020 · 100
Sinking
Azariah Nov 2020
Everyone has jumped off.
But I'm here trying to patch holes
That you refused to attend,
With my first aid level one skills.

I wish I took swimming lessons instead.
😔
Oct 2020 · 91
We always try
Azariah Oct 2020
As we grow older,
It gets harder to laugh whole heartedly,
Because we become aware,
Of the holes in our hearts that nothing seems to fill.

Nevertheless, we always try
And that makes us beautiful.
You are beautiful 🖤
Oct 2020 · 148
To be human
Azariah Oct 2020
Is to have the ability to stand tall where gravity does not exist.
Life is suffering😌
Oct 2020 · 115
To the one I love
Azariah Oct 2020
To: The One I Love

I love you
As the you I know
As the you I might never know
And as the you I'm yet to be acquainted with.

I just love you.

🖤🖤🖤
🖤🖤🖤
Aug 2020 · 155
Empty
Azariah Aug 2020
When I think about it
Being unaware and optimistic
And recieving things freely.
Things like love, support and the freedom to dream.
Was a luxury...
A luxury I wish I did not have to barter for adulthood.

Now that the naivety is gone,
Sometimes cynicism becomes a companion
And anxiety a daily battle.
My bed is my absolute favourite place to visit.
And every part of my body aches.
And I'm just...tired.
And empty.
Adulthood is like the more one knows the less one becomes whole, full or anything resembling genuine happiness. August 18., 2020.

Well that's if you focus on what's wrong with the world...

Adulthood is a journey I was not prepared for but it has taught me to be grateful for the little things, like breathing. 🤣
Aug 2020 · 157
Warmth
Azariah Aug 2020
When you glide your fingers on my skin
Or whenever we touch.
I am overcome with a gamut of emotions.
And I feel so much...

Something like the reason ice cubes melt in the palm of your hand,
Which is maybe the same reason the hinges on my door have started to thaw.

Because of you, I feel so much warmth and so much more.
🖤🖤🖤Dear Babe🖤🖤🖤
Jul 2020 · 92
Heartbreak
Azariah Jul 2020
There are those who believe that no one has ever died of a heartbreak.
Clearly, they haven't met me.
Sadly, they can never meet me.

But, they can visit my grave.
🖤 keep your heart good and strong🖤
Jul 2020 · 311
Wherever you are...
Azariah Jul 2020
Whether you are under your blankets
Or in the arms of another.

I hope you are warm wherever you are.
Jul 2020 · 108
Trip
Azariah Jul 2020
If you were to say, "pack your bags and let's go". I would go.
Where to?
It wouldn't matter and I wouldn't know.
Unfortunately, the farthest place you frequent is the liquor store.
And you don't even ask me to go with you.
Not anymore.
Jun 2020 · 145
Butterflies
Azariah Jun 2020
The butterflies have transformed into birds that sing not only during the day but also when the darkness behind my eyelids are all I can see.

And that's how I know that I feel so much for you.

🦋🦋🦋
The infancy of love sometimes doesn't make any sense but it feels good. ☺️
Jun 2020 · 102
Self love
Azariah Jun 2020
I'll write to you, to me, to the person I'll be.
I will write so you can look back
with a smile and say, "I really loved me".

❤️❤️❤️
Practice self love because you're the most important thing in your life
Jun 2020 · 68
Passage
Azariah Jun 2020
You see me as a dark passage you have to go through.
Leaving your fingerprints on my walls while trying to find your way out.
When you find the exit, you leave without looking back.

And I have to buy new paint each time...
Jun 2020 · 109
You too will leave...
Azariah Jun 2020
Seemingly I cannot not like you.
But you smell like a night filled with debauchery.
The type of smell that I loathe.
You smell like my father.

And I know what's going to happen,
I'm going to love you.
And you too will leave me, right?
Jun 2020 · 146
Bittersweet
Azariah Jun 2020
I decided not to fall in love again
Until I fall for myself.
But you...you make me yearn
For the sweetness that comes with love
And the bitter taste it leaves in my mouth.
May 2020 · 107
Same old song
Azariah May 2020
Being black means that there are hands of my forefathers and foremothers that are placed on my shoulders.
They gently tap and push me to be better than what I have been taught we could be.
Who tell us our history?

If I do not seize these opportunities that are here now then the doors they opened,
using their bodies that nourish the soil now and their voices that have been silenced,
will slowly close and who would be able to walk through them?

Yes, it's the same old song with the same old tune.
We must keep singing so we do not forget.
During a conversation with a certain individual this is what he asked, "Why do black people play victim all the time? It happened decades ago. It's in the past. Why can't they let it go?".


The effects of what happened years ago still impact most black people. I'm not saying that we are the only ethnic group that's struggling and that our struggle is more important than others. All I'm saying is that let us not forget what happened...
May 2020 · 133
Spring will come
Azariah May 2020
Even great, big, tall trees lose their leaves during winter.
Some lose a bit more,
But spring will come.

Spring will come...
Apr 2020 · 131
Swimming Lesson
Azariah Apr 2020
Loving you was like diving head first in the deep end of the swimming pool.
I did not know how to swim.

And you watched me
As I inhaled water while searching for air,
As my limbs tried to transform into paddles,
As my voice drowned in the waves that I created.

You slowly moved towards the shallow end
And somehow I followed you.

I am still choking on the water I swallowed,
But I know how not to drown.
There's always something you learn from being in a relationship with someone, whether it's about yourself or about life or a new skill... there's always something you learn.
Apr 2020 · 137
You
Azariah Apr 2020
You
I used to write poems about you
while waiting for you to come back.
So I can show you how I felt.

Now I write poems on paper
So they can stack up and form a wall
That you no longer have the power to destroy.

When you finally show up I will not be able to see you anymore.
Apr 2020 · 146
Scars
Azariah Apr 2020
I don't just have scars...
I have memories tattooed onto my skin.
I have emotions attached to my heart and imprinted onto my skin.
They are conversation starters that say all that needs to be said.

But they don't ask...
I have a very apparent scar, that may be unappealing to some. Which is okay...I mean it's not like I can change it. I can only change how I feel about it.
Apr 2020 · 109
April 22
Azariah Apr 2020
When she was younger she wanted to grow up and be happy.
Now that the years have granted her another birthday.
Is she happy?

She would tell you that happiness is a fluctuating feeling.
And that she stopped looking for it.

She used to plant seeds where seeds did not grow.
Recently she started to plant seeds in herself, even though the weather is uncertain
And the wind is strong
And the soil is still healing.

Something has grown...

Now that she's turning 21
All she's looking forward to, is seeing her garden be filled with flowers.
She's grateful to be able to experience all of it.

That's all she has to say.
This is the first poem that I've written that isn't negative about myself. And that's a birthday present to myself on it's own.


😊😊 I'm so excited though.

I'm finally 21!!!
Apr 2020 · 89
Practising
Azariah Apr 2020
I've been practising how to fix my contenance by trying to carve a smile in the corners of my cheeks.

For when I see you again.
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