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43.7k · Sep 2019
Love
Alex Teng Sep 2019
We fell in love by chance,
We stay in love by choice.
1.5k · Aug 2019
Maybe
Alex Teng Aug 2019
You don't hurt people with a 'No'
You hurt them with a 'Maybe'
When you know the answer
Is 'No'
1.4k · Apr 2019
Fate
Alex Teng Apr 2019
I wish I met some people earlier ,
Some a little later,
And some never at all.
972 · Sep 2019
Where
Alex Teng Sep 2019
So tell me where shall I go ?
To the left,
Where nothing's right ?
Or to the right,
Where nothing's left?
959 · Aug 2019
Lost
Alex Teng Aug 2019
I miss me
The old me
The bright me
The happy me
The laughing me
The smiling me
The gone me
The real me
869 · Sep 2019
Rain
Alex Teng Sep 2019
If I don't love you right in this life,
Find me in the next,
And when you see me for the first time,
Shake the sky.
Rain on me, warm and heavy
741 · Apr 2019
Blame it on me
Alex Teng Apr 2019
I'm sorry for being me
I thought we connect idealistically
I thought you will act differently ,
But apparently,
You don't see what I see.

I'm sorry for letting you be,
To not be able see who you are to me
To think that I will act cowardly,
And to see me as ordinary.

All I am looking for is tranquility,
Unfortunately,
You are trying to achieve spiritually,
But let me tell you blatantly,
You aren't that different from me.

You told me,
You need the sense of security,
And the sense of certainty,
But my darling,
You aren't wiling to dive deeply.

Tying a knot does not provide security,
Nor does it ensure certainty,
I failed as a lover,
Because you didn't realize,
what's reality.

If all I am looking for is just to be *****,
I won't come up with all the activity,
I won't be able to make you cry softly,
Or even to share my thoughts to you
genuinely.

The fact that you felt guilty,
To love comfortably,
Believe me,
That hurts me.

So here I am telling you directly,
I couldn't be with you in this journey,
Cause it's a pain for me to see,
You suffer and torture yourself mentally.

I will never be who you want me to be,
Because we were all designed differently,
You said I treated you disrespectfully,
Without realizing my insecurity.

I'll leave for now so that you see,
I am not acting contradictorily,
I am just being me.


But please,
blame it on me.
705 · Apr 2019
Stay strong
Alex Teng Apr 2019
There will never be growth if it is not watered,
There will never be growth if it is not nurtured.

However,

There will also never be growth if it is not torched under the hot sun,
There will also never be growth if it does not stay in the long run.

It might get dried up by the scorching heat of the sun,
It might get stomped over by others in the long run,
It might even swayed when the day is fun,
But that doesn't mean you are done.


You are merely a seed just waiting to grow,
To unfold the world that you can't hold,
To be with the nature as we grow old,
To feel the breeze when the wind blows

In order to blossom,
You must grow,
Even tho it's slow,
You gotta be bold.

I'll show you the patience,
I'll show you the resilience,

I'll have to be stern,
But trust me,


You are never a burden.
672 · Apr 2019
Habit
Alex Teng Apr 2019
You've asked me to quit smoking.
But cigarette is the only thing that don't quit me,
You did.
630 · May 2019
Scream
Alex Teng May 2019
I went through every Hell's door
Just for you to shut it on my face
510 · Sep 2019
Xs and Os
Alex Teng Sep 2019
Love is a game
Of tic tac toe,
Constantly waiting
For the next X or O
501 · May 2021
Reality
Alex Teng May 2021
A little bit good,
A little bit bad,
Aren't we all like that ?
501 · Aug 2019
Afraid
Alex Teng Aug 2019
Someone once ask,
Are you afraid of falling in love,
I answered her,
I'm afraid I'm the only one falling.
499 · Oct 2019
The one
Alex Teng Oct 2019
If you can't get past the wrong ones,
You'll never reach the right one.
471 · Apr 2019
Lullaby
Alex Teng Apr 2019
Row row row your boat,
Gently down the stream,
Merrily Merrily Merrily Merrily,
Life is but a dream
446 · Oct 2019
Love
Alex Teng Oct 2019
Falling in love is easy,
Staying in love is not.
442 · Oct 2019
All I need
Alex Teng Oct 2019
All I need ,
Is a little rain ,
A little wine ,
And a lot of you.
441 · May 2019
Fly
Alex Teng May 2019
Fly
Break the norms and raise high,
Who told you, that you cannot fly.
429 · Apr 2019
Part of your journey
Alex Teng Apr 2019
I was just a tiny part of your big beautiful story.

You can forget me and continue your journey.
397 · Jul 2019
A real man
Alex Teng Jul 2019
A real man would never lies,
He may love you,
And yet still get attracted to another,
That's the truth.
#truthhurts
382 · May 2019
Cliché
Alex Teng May 2019
An apple a day,
Keep the doctors away,
A poem a day,
Get my thoughts somewhere.
372 · Dec 2019
Getting to know someone
Alex Teng Dec 2019
The first thing you should know is that you aren't them,
A lot more will make sense after.
329 · May 2019
Presence
Alex Teng May 2019
An apple a day,
Keep the doctors away
Your presence each day,
Keep my sorrows away.
321 · Apr 2019
Pace
Alex Teng Apr 2019
What if time is just a concept
Created to confine us
It may take us a few minutes
To walk a few blocks

For a snail
That's forever
Inspired by a slow snail
321 · Apr 2019
Untitled
Alex Teng Apr 2019
Sometimes people with the worst past create the best future.
311 · Dec 2019
Advise
Alex Teng Dec 2019
A kilogram of cotton,
A kilogram of nails,
Weight the same,
Step on a cotton,
Step on a nail,
Definitely won't feel the same
306 · Sep 2019
Full Moon
Alex Teng Sep 2019
Seeing the full moon shines,
Reminds me of you,
And your weird beliefs,
It seems like,
We just parted yesterday.
301 · Sep 2019
Love story
Alex Teng Sep 2019
In love story,
Mom always agrees,
While dad disagrees,
It's because mom knows what love is,
And dad knows what boys are.
301 · Dec 2019
Efforts
Alex Teng Dec 2019
I guess it isn't fair to blame you,
I kept pouring myself into your palms,
Even as I watched all that I was leak through your fingers.
281 · Aug 2019
Us
Alex Teng Aug 2019
Us
It used to be us against the world,
Now it's just me.
279 · Apr 2019
Self love
Alex Teng Apr 2019
Loving yourself,
What does that even mean ?
Like massages and selfies
and that sort of things ?

Because the more I think about it,
The more it feels weird,
I've always been taught that,
Self love is something to be feared.

I've been taught that arrogance is bad ,
and vanity, it's not good.
Even my bracelet is telling me to act,
how God would.

So what should I do ?

How should I act ?

I'm supposed to love myself,
But how do I even do that ?
278 · Sep 2019
English
Alex Teng Sep 2019
Three guys are on a boat,
With four cigarettes,
But nothing to light them with,
So they throw one cigarette overboard,
And the boat become a cigarette lighter.
275 · Apr 2019
Hard
Alex Teng Apr 2019
Being broke is hard
Becoming rich is hard
Choose your hard
274 · Dec 2019
Change
Alex Teng Dec 2019
They said I changed a lot,
I answered
A lot changed me.
273 · May 2019
Priority
Alex Teng May 2019
If we are dating,
I want to be your second priority,
I want your first priority to be you,
Your life and your future.

Because,
Finding happiness and security alone,
Is crucial to finding it together.
273 · Jul 2019
Used to
Alex Teng Jul 2019
Used to have that motivation to wake up,
For the day to shine,
And for me to see you smile,
Now it's just back to mundane,
To the usual day to day life.
262 · Apr 2019
Love
Alex Teng Apr 2019
Many people think,

Love is full of smile
romance and joy

But the truth is,

Love is full of hurt, pain and cry.
262 · Nov 2020
Quote of the day
Alex Teng Nov 2020
Pain is personal,
So is the healing.
254 · Apr 2019
War
Alex Teng Apr 2019
War
An apple fell and Newton discovered gravity,

Thousands of innocents fell and no one discovered humanity.
246 · Nov 2019
Poisonous
Alex Teng Nov 2019
Love itself is poisonous,
Not when given, but when taken.
246 · Aug 2019
Pathetic
Alex Teng Aug 2019
I just heard you found the one,
You've been looking for,
I wish I would have known,
That wasn't me from the start.
242 · May 2019
Joke of the day
Alex Teng May 2019
When you get older,
You will face two weaknesses,
First, you will forget easily,
Second, I can't remember
235 · Nov 2020
Quote of the day
Alex Teng Nov 2020
Don't live the life they want to see,
Live the life you want it to be.
228 · Jun 2019
Moments
Alex Teng Jun 2019
In life moments come and go,
Take a shot or you'll never know,
Your heart will tell you when it's time to move,
Ask yourself what you gotta lose.
225 · Oct 2020
Quote of the day
Alex Teng Oct 2020
I'll rather be lonely than to hurt somebody.
223 · May 2019
Sometimes
Alex Teng May 2019
Sometimes the one riding with you,
Aren't really riding for you,
Sometimes the one closest to you,
Is the one competing silently with you.
219 · May 2019
Don't cry over a man
Alex Teng May 2019
You got to be tough,
If you are going to be stupid.
218 · Sep 2019
Love
Alex Teng Sep 2019
In times like this,
Most of us love ourselves too much,
We tend to forget,
Love is more about sacrificing.
218 · Apr 2019
Scribble
Alex Teng Apr 2019
Life is short,
Life is great,
When life gives you lemon,
You make lemonade
205 · Oct 2019
Stop hate make love
Alex Teng Oct 2019
I ain't looking for fame,
Nor do I want to be shamed,
If you think my sharing is shabby,
Go ahead unfollow me.
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