Tien - Tim - Hello Poetry

Tien - Tim Jul 2013

I want to forget but I can't remember.
This familiar unfamiliar feeling,
I know it yet I don't..
Itching for relief,
But can't be reach.
The more I stand,
The farther I fall...
I feel freedom's breath on my neck,
Yet my backs against the wall.
You tell me to pull,
But then you would push.
Say I am your worst nightmare,
Yet I dance eternally in your dreams.
Am I a consuming flame that quenches your thirst!?

By J. Simkins, Natasha Dales, and Tien Dang

Tien - Tim Jul 2013

Tomorrow Never Dies

In my bed staring at the ceiling,
Trying so desperately to get rid of this sickening feeling.
About tomorrow ...
Tossing and Turning,
Yearning...
For a peace of mind.
Time ticking yet I dare not to sleep,
Fearing what lies ahead of me,
May be a divine intervention my subconscious refuse to seek?
Deep down my heart grows weary.
In each rhythmic session,
Hours turns to minutes, minutes turns to countless seconds.
Wondering will I conquer the inevitableness of my requisition?
Inquisitive thoughts plagues my mind,
Consistently wrapping...
As I unravel today's present.
Today has been a blessing,
Too bad this gift must be thrown...
Insomnia began to attack viciously,
Through my flesh and into the bone,
I envision that if I close my eyes,
my fate will be revealed.
Tomorrow never dies,
But unfortunately I will along with today.

By Sidney Conway and Tien Dang

This is the 2nd Revision, My friend Sidney post it and it was to late for me to add my 2nd thoughts in. Check his page out for the original and more.

"Consistently wrapping,
As I unravel today's present."

I added wrapping because because it plays on with the present as a present. "Consistently wrapping" significance is that I would continue to wrap as I unravel because I don't want today to end. Other than that there are small
Minor difference in syntax from the original and last line ending.

Here is his page:
http://hellopoetry.com/-sidney-conway/

P.S.
He also have the unedited version of Skin Deep Thoughts/Skin Deep and Questionable Thoughts/Flip Side

Tien - Tim Jul 2013

A Seasonal Love

It starts with a fiery passion,
That burns sweet like incense's ashes,
And releases a fragrance of...
Summer Love.

Then you notice with her missing you began to see colors falling,
And your departure from reality becomes...
Autumn Leaves.

Each passing day your limbs weaken,
You've become cold and lonely,
Longing for the warmth of her essence,
Now you're freezing like the...
Winter Breeze.

Then just as soon as she returns,
Your soul blossoms and renew,
A unrequited love relit,
Like a blaze...
You Spring onto.

By Sidney Conway and Tien (Tim) Dang

Tien - Tim Jul 2013

Self-Diagnosis

I got butterflies in my stomach,
This feeling is really bugging.
It's starts from my head,
Then sinks in my heart.
Head feeling light,
Chest feeling tight.
My mind wonders off,
Like ADHD.
I'm at a lost,
Stuck in a maze,
Yet, I still want to explore.
The more I get lost the more I find.
Those missing pieces hinting what I lack.
This only happens when you leave.
That is my Synopsis.
I'm coming down with a case of you.
Guess that's my diagnosis...

Tien - Tim Jul 2013

Mirror Perspective

You don't want your burden to drag others down,
So you hid it and try stand strong on your own.

So you created that carefree facade,
But you know it's starting to decay.

Your truth speaks within your lies,
You kept your face hidden but expose your eyes.

You tell them what they want to hear,
Because rejection is what you fear.

You seek approval so pleasing others is your focus,
But the world just seems so hopeless.

So away from everything you shunt,
Because you can't accept what's in front.

Your view is really subjective,
But that's only one perspective.

You are your own friend,
Don't let that relationship end.

I name this poem "Mirror Perspective," because everyone see themselves differently. When people look at themselves on the mirror they see their imperfections, instead of what others truly see.

Tien - Tim Jul 2013

Endurance of Faith

It's hard to believe,
When what we see,
Is more real,
Than what we feel.
Society is painted black and white,
That's why we doubt the colors that we feel.
Reality has made us color blind.
That's why our faith is so easily doubted.
We live in a world where those do right,
Trampled by those that do wrong.
This place isn't cut out for us.
That's why we are on the bench;
Where the nice ones finish last,
For that reason we're quick to give up,
Because we've grown weary,
Shadow boxing our conscience.
I hope I'll come on top as the underdog one day...
The last shall be first,
And the first will be last, right?

Tien - Tim Jul 2013

Ode to Technology...

You've brought us closer,
Then made us more distant.
Made us more aware,
Then made us doubtful of ourselves.
Introduce us to more friends,
Then invited more enemies.
Given us more publicity,
Then exploited us.
Save us more time,
Now it's spent to be more busy.

Simplify our tasks just to make life more difficult.
You're an entrapping blessing in disguise.
Made us feel more secure,
Yet gave us more tools to break in.
You've become our new addiction,
Just a second without you,
Got us in technology withdraw.
You're a complication in simplicity.
There's so much to love you but also so much to hate.
Can't live with you or without you...

My 1st Ode