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Alex Teng Apr 2019
I hope I can be someone who makes you look forward to waking up each morning ,
Someone who makes you fall in love with the world,
Someone who makes you see the difference in man,


But most importantly,
Someone who makes you fall in love with yourself.
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.
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.
Alex Teng May 2019
I don't think anyone really understand how tiring it is to act okay and always be strong when in reality you're close to the edge
Alex Teng Nov 2019
Throw it away,
Forget yesterday,
We will all make it today.
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.
Alex Teng Jul 2019
When you come out of the storm,
You won't be the same person who walked in,
That's what this storm is all about.
Alex Teng May 2019
You know the feeling,
Where you first had a talk,
And you felt like,
You've known someone forever?

That's something
Alex Teng Mar 2019
No relationship is perfect. As much as you would want it to be perfect, it will never be perfect. It's always good before it gets bad, it's always easy before it gets hard, and it always feels perfect before it gets real. You'll always see the best in each other before you bring out the worst of each other. As the connection gets deeper and the attachment gets stronger, that's when you're gonna see just exactly how vulnerable you've made yourself to each other. That's when the flaws and faults start to show themselves. That's when the problems and differences start to settle in. This is where most people give up because now everything is too complicated or too difficult and that's when they try to find someone better, but the thing is even with someone better, it's never going to be perfect. It's not about being with someone better or having that perfect relationship, it's about knowing the value of what you have right in front of you and making it work despite the challenges it may bring. Sure, it feels amazing when you two get along and it feels miserable when you two argue, but the beauty in that is being able to always find your way back to each other when you're on the verge of losing one another because that goes to show that it's something worth fighting for and it's meant to be saved. So there might not such a thing as a perfect relationship, but a beautiful one? Yeah, those do exist because what's beautiful isn't always perfect, and it's something we all deserve.
Alex Teng Oct 2019
If you can't get past the wrong ones,
You'll never reach the right one.
Alex Teng Feb 2020
You've became thinner,
It makes we wonder,
If he treats you any better.
Stay safe keep that smile
Alex Teng May 2019
How to stop time, kiss
How to travel in time, read
How to escape time, music
How to feel time, write
How to release time, breathe
How to waste time,
Like this poem
Alex Teng Apr 2019
If you've been through the time machine,
And saw that the person being together with you isn't the one you are currently having,
What would you do ?

If you've been through the time machine,
And realise that you won't be able to have certain food anymore,
What would you do ?

If you've been through the time machine,
And realised that you aren't having the same job and opportunity you have now ,
What would you do ?

Would you shrink and avoid being with that someone, somewhere, something or sometime ?

Instead of guessing and predicting the future,
Live your life the way you want.

This time machine concept is just created to make you realise that you have forgotten that we are able to overcome the circumstance and still survive.

Even without a time machine,
We will all come to an end,
And we clearly know that.

So,

Instead of not being with someone just because we aren't with them in the future,
Take a chance , fall in love.
If that time machine allow you to see 10 years into the future, but you decided not to be with him or her ,
You sure won't be in 10 years.

What if a more advanced time machine is created and allow you to see 20 years ahead and you realise you are with him or her ?

Instead of worrying about unable to eat certain meals in the future,
Appreciate every single meals you have now.
Enjoy every last flavour of it.

Instead of jumping jobs just because it's not the job you have in the future,
Learn and grow along with the job.
Prove yourself capable of handling it.

Instead of giving up on opportunities,
Appreciate each chance you are given

You only live once.
Stop staying alive ,
Start living.
Alex Teng Apr 2019
There will never be we,
If you want to be you,
And I wanna be me.
Alex Teng May 2019
I exist in different version
My parents see me as a son
My siblings see me as a brother
My teacher see me as a student
My colleague see me as a friend
My lover see me as a
Double faced
Noted
Alex Teng Apr 2019
Sometimes people with the worst past create the best future.
Us
Alex Teng Aug 2019
Us
It used to be us against the world,
Now it's just me.
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.
War
Alex Teng Apr 2019
War
An apple fell and Newton discovered gravity,

Thousands of innocents fell and no one discovered humanity.
Alex Teng Oct 2019
Woman's smile, for example, attracts a man;
but an even temper retains him.

A pretty gown attracts a man;
the knowledge that it was inexpensive delights him.

A pleasant manner attracts a man;
brightness of brain holds him.

A knowledge of how, when and where to be a little stately, attracts a man;
an appreciation of the folly of frivolity, wins his respect.

A respect for the religious belief of every human being attracts man;
irreverence in woman is to him abominable.

A consideration for his comfort attracts a man;
a continuation of this makes him your humble slave.

A chat which there is no malice, attracts a man;
neither scandal nor evil speaking make a woman sweet and lovely to him.
Alex Teng May 2019
Do you understand
Or even know what is love ?

The biggest fate ?
God's greatest plan ?

That's a movie
That's the story

Life is also very short
It's not who you love that matters

What matters is
Who is the person who's with you ?
Alex Teng Dec 2019
Don't ask a person who loves someone,
Ask a person who has lost someone.
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?
Alex Teng Sep 2019
Love is a game
Of tic tac toe,
Constantly waiting
For the next X or O
Alex Teng Apr 2019
Buy this car,
You will get girls,
Buy this bra,
You will get guys.

We are seeing it so much,
We start to believe in these lies,
But the truth is ,

The makeup they are selling
to make you feel prettier,
Is the same makeup you buy,
to stop feeling *******.


And what about the movies we watch,
all the shows on TV,
The more I watch, the more I see,
I need you to complete me ?

And yes,

Love is the answer,
Love is the key,
But if you can't love yourself,
How could you ever love me ?


When I said I am dumb,
You would say I am so brilliant,
When I said I am weak,
You would  say I am so resilient.

Why was you so dutifully,
Filling my cup constantly,
And yet treating your own cup
So irresponsibly.

Now you have been crying,
But  I need you need to be standing,
Because you have been forgetting,
That you were who you've been looking for.

Remember this in your core,
It's time to stop looking for more,
Until you could look through all your fear,
And look into a mirror.
And see clearly that the woman,
looking back at you,
Was the only one who can make you happy,


And
YOU ARE ALREADY ENOUGH



I am not anymore special and unique than you,
That is why I'm here to tell you,

YOU
ARE ALREADY ENOUGH

And when you start to see that,
You will start to be that,
Your world will get brighter,
And your load will get lighter.
And you can see that with life,
You can be a lover,
Not a fighter.


And that life ?
YOU DESERVE IT

Because
YOU ARE WORTH IT



There is no point letting
yourself keep forgetting
Because no matter what you say or do,
YOU ARE PERFECT

So today,
I hope I can leave you with a direction correction,
Away from the flaws you see in your reflection,

They aren't flaws to me
They are simply protection
Against all the doubt
You have of your perfection.

— The End —