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It-
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
It-
Fake tattoos I drew you,
They faded.

Sweet promises I gave you,
They withered.

Nice places I led you,
They shifted.

Bad temper I brought you,
They rendered.

Soft kisses I blew you,
They crippled.

Rough patches I pushed you,
They shattered.

But the heart I surrendered,
It -
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
Hand over heart
I felt you beat.

I thought you died
when the skies came falling
as his words came crashing.

I thought you died
when scenes started replaying
as my mind starting missing.

I thought you died
when my eyes starting tearing
as my body was breaking.

Hand over heart
I felt you beat.

Thank you
(I thought you died)
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
Maybe I romanticise the past.
I deny the quarrels,
Ignore the fights.

But sweet memories happened,
I didn't imagine them to be true.
They are real.
And I really miss you.
Natalie Neo Feb 2015
Tell her you don't mind onions,
that you love latte, movies
and not comics.

Tell her that you like cuddles from behind,
nibbles on your ears,
failed imitation of your dialect.

Tell her you find jealousy cute,
possession ridiculous though,
and alone time is for guitar.

Tell her you love your family so much,
so you would love her too,
tell her not to worry.

Tell her you would like the house clean,
her to cook,
wine to go would be good.

Tell her you aren't a chauvinist pig,
but you feel loved with
tender feminine touches here and there.

Tell her you like to be alone
when you are mad but
you won't leave her.

Tell her you have no favourite colour but
you love flush in the face
and sweet fragrance behind the neck.

Tell her you are loyal,
fiercely faithful, so stubborn
but in a good way.

Tell her about your good morals,
open-mindedness and how she can
bare her heart to you.

I will tell her, not to ever give up on you
like I did, because
I will jump at that opportunity.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
I wish, I wish upon a star
that I have a fancy car,
bewitch whoever you are.

I wish, I wish upon a lamp
that I know who I am,
I don't stay awake till 4am.

I wish, I wish upon a sign
that all I do suffice,
there is no need for sacrifice.

I wish, I wish upon everyone
that we find what we want
we become Someone.

I wish,  I wish wishes come true,
we won't be so blue,
Life would be so cool.
Natalie Neo Jan 2015
The foreign object sticking
in my veins, feeding on
the blood which I live on.

The redundant thought staying
in my brain, meddling with
the determination which I prayed for.

The familiar name screaming
in my head, reminding of
the past which I cry for.
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
I was standing on the edge
You pushed me
Hard into the sea.

I tried to grab onto you
I screamed and begged
I was drowning.

You turned to walk away,
You wanted to **** me
in every single way.

Just when I was about to sink
My eyes caught a blurred vision,
You threw in a life buoy.

I grabbed hold of it
As tightly as possible,
I am never letting go again.
Natalie Neo Mar 2015
The brightest moment today
was seeing an orange moon
and wishing upon it.

Only to realise I wished
to be happy, but not
to be with you.

I guess I finally realise
these wishes aren't the same,
as much as I hope
for them to be.
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
Fingertips lingered on screen
where last words stand.

Eyes lingered on shoulders
when turned to end.

Confessions lingered on lips
as courage got robbed.

Tears lingered on chin
while my heart lingers on you.
Natalie Neo Jan 2015
Little do you know
the songs and their
meanings,
those days and their
callings.

Little do you know
the twisted lies and their
truth,
those freed sorrow and their
remnants.

Little do you know
the paths I take and their
consequences,
those breaking points and their
change.

Little do you know
Who I've become
and I
you.
Natalie Neo Feb 2015
Feels like dementia,
some moments stay longer while
loss of memory persists on
a daily basis.

Feels like air,
the attempted grasp onto
something too invisible,
is it even any matter?

Feels like apple,
the first ever word in your book,
significantly taken for granted for
as if first means simple.

Feels like 3 seconds,
the time needed to lock you up,
for all pampering, xoxo,
when it is supposedly ever lasting.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
I tolerated
Because I loved.

I gave in
Because I loved.

I shut up
Because I loved.

You left
Because you love
Her.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
A verb,
An action word,
Because I can show you what I mean
when I say
I love you.

A noun,
An entity,
Because I can refer to whom I mean
when I say
I love you.

An emotion,
A reckless, irrational drive,
Because I can get too caught up, too blinded, too foolish.

Yet
I love you, still.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
It can be determination
but if it leads to manipulation,
It is already exploitation.

It can be coincidental
but if it becomes incidental,
It is no longer accidental.

It can be impressive
but if it forces people to be submissive,
It is being oppressive.

It can be thoughtful
but if it is just going to be playful,
It is then not purposeful.

It can be everything
but if it is not leading to something,
It is eventually nothing.
Natalie Neo Dec 2014
At a point it starts with a
circle
of friends.

It sparks off to something parallel,
maybe even a love
triangle.

Consciously you would try
not to cross the
line.

Not wanting it to be back to
square
one.
Natalie Neo Feb 2015
You will wonder why it makes you
Vulnerable yet strong,
Weak but brave,
all at the same time.

You will ponder over the
Hope after a cringe,
Smile following that tear,
all in that same body.

You will question why you
Love despite the hurt,
Care even though there's pain,
Hold on although it's a burden.

It's all because,


Loving is innate.
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
Guess it's true
I'm not good, at a one night stand.
It's even harder to picture, that you're not here next to me.

Sipping on rosé, sipping on sun, coming up all lazy
You make me crazier, crazier, crazier,
Kiss me like the world is gonna disappear.

Cause when a heart breaks, no it don't break-even,
You don't have to **** so kind, pretend to ease my mind,
As sweet as a song, as right as a wrong.

This love has taken it's toll on me,
I want you bad and I won't have it any other way.
How did I miss you when I didn't know you?

You make it easier when life gets hard,
I'm trying not to think about you, can't you just let me be?
You can't feel anything that your heart don't wanna feel,
I can't tell you something that ain't real.

You said move on
Where do I go?
No, don't be scared that I'm gonna tie you down.

I'm never gonna say goodbye,
I'll leave the door on the latch, if you ever come back,
if you ever come back.
And in time I know that we'll both see, that we're all we need.
-With my favourite lyrics-
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
You and your morals
get to me.

I thought maybe you would be softened
by my secretly seductive scent,
the way I work my curves,
how I voice your name.

I was wishing
your will might switch off that little song
which is telling you this is all wrong.

I hope that you fall back on me.
Just let yourself go,
Immerse in my sweet nothings,
as our noses rubbed gently.

Let me do everything to you
and leave regrets to tomorrow
leave guilt to old age.

But no.
you're Moral.

And that's what I love about you.
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
I wake up
I think of you.

I brush my teeth
I think of you.

I take the train
I think of you.

I get breakfast
I think of you.

I meet my friends
I think of you.

Every part of my mundane life
I think of you.

I think of you.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
At 4.03am
I was waken by the scar
you left years ago.

I thought I suppressed it well
It backfired.
It got stronger.

I'm concerned.
Obsessed actually.
Or you can say
Addicted.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
I betrayed love for companionship,
Left you
when you were bounded
and he was giving explicitly more.

I forgone faithfulness for lust,
Abandoned you.
Leaped ahead for butterflies in stomach,
kisses on my clavicles.

I forgot about you for I was lonely,
I craved for you but
You weren't here so I
Conveniently made him a substitute.

But no,
Never is there a substitute for the first love
Never is there a substitute for you.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
I was staring at the window
I thought I saw your shadow.

It somehow did remind
What was supposedly mine.

You said that desired vow
With such dreaded foul.

Deeply I felt the burn
And truly nothing else earned.

I wonder what you can bring
Other than this pathetic dream.
Natalie Neo Jan 2015
To think that
Age comes with experience, because
Experience comes with time, and
Time comes with age.

To think that
Love comes from patience, because
Patience comes from strength, and
Strength comes from love.

But also,

Weakness comes with time,
Close-mindedness comes with experience and
Stereotypes comes with age.

Strength comes from within,
Patience comes from maturity and
Love comes from choices.

Time will surface weaknesses
But there is a strength from within.
Experiences may get you close-minded
But your patience will grant you maturity.
With age you form stereotypes
But you will still choose to love.
No
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
No
Because you betrayed me.
Stepped on my dignity,
Spat on my sincerity,
Stripped off my individuality.

So no, no more.
Never.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
Maybe one night
One late night
I will grow some *****,
grab tightly onto them
and run to find you.

I will knock on your door
pray that no other girl is inside
hope that you're semi asleep.

And that's when I catch you
Off guard.

I would go close to you
Gaze at you for awhile
I will hold your waist with one hand
Grab the back of your hair with the other
I will close my eyes
And kiss you.

You can hug my waist too
And hold my neck as you
Kiss me back.

It might be straining
I would have to tiptoe.
But it would all be
Worth it.

Only if
One night,
I grow those *****.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
"I felt nothing."

I felt it cringed,
As if it objected,
Denying the possibility of this answer.

It wasn't shocked,
Just sad.
Sad that what was expected
(but the least expected)
Came true.

It accepted it,
Your answer.
But it is not accepting defeat.

My heart isn't accepting defeat.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
Once I tasted Oreo,
Chocolate became plain.

Once I tried Red lips,
Normal lips turned pale.

Once I had you,
Other guys came across as
Nothing.

Just like how it was
Nothing
to you.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
I locked it away
Subconsciously.
I didn't want to face it
Nor feel it.

I guess because I knew,
It was too much pain to bear.

You unlocked it
with a double tap.

I peeked into the deepest part
Secretly
I couldn't accept what I found
Nor ignore it.

I tried to lock it back like how I used to
But it was too late.

Those feelings took over me
The pain demanded to be felt.  

Now they take over
My brain
My limbs
My heart.

I'm thinking it was wrong to lock it in
in the first place.

Now I'm caught off guard.
I shiver
I worry
I fear.

Fear not because I'm afraid
I can't find the one.
Fear because he is the one.

Fear,
Because the one doesn't want to be
The One.
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
My lips
speak of you no more.

My mind
remembers you no more.

My heart
misses you no more.

Not today,
But one day.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
I know you're afraid
Things might fall apart again,
I don't understand you as much.

I know you're worried
We are just romanticising the past,
Perhaps we are just lonely.

I know you're speculating
I might make the same mistake.
I know you're anticipating
You might feel the same hurt.

But don't you feel the same?
That it's wasted.
We are compatible,
Second to none.

Give it shot,

Give us a chance?
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
People say I don't actually love you.
They had also said that the sun revolves around us.

People say I don't actually need you.
They had also said that we can never go to the moon.

So Time

will prove,
the ignorance of these people and
lead me back to you.
Hopefully
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
You're perfect.
Well grown
Well taught
Well delivered.

You're perfect.
Your poise.
Your smile.
Your humour.

You're perfect.
You romanticize.
You coax.
You submit.

The only imperfection
lies in me.
The inability to see your perfections.
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
I drink, I cry, I scream.

I dwell in the past,
I beg for second chances,
I refuse to move on.

I desire to feel
sad
hurt
pain.

Because it feels that only when
I am hurting,
You would take a look at me.

But I know this won't work.
It's a pity that it's just pity,
I don't want pity.
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
On rainy days
I always get this urge to tell you
I forgot my umbrella again.
I got drenched in the rain,
I am feeling cold.

I wonder if you would chide me
Like you used to,
Say I would catch a cold,
I need to rush over to whereever you are
So you can cuddle me warm.

It's raining today, but
Some habits are no longer the same
Even if I remember the conversations.

It's raining today, but
I need to seek shelter elsewhere
Because you're taken now.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
No.

I know I'm not ready,
not till next winter maybe.

But I worry,
will you be ready when I'm ready?

Will you be ready too early
And be with another body?

I worry but nothing can be
Because I'm still not ready.
Red
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
Red
I can't cross
it's the red man.

But there are no cars
no danger
I supposed.

Still I can't cross.
Even though I know
I will survive this,
I can't cross.

It's the red man.

I don't want to cross you
don't wanna cross when it's red,
when you're not ready.

I guess
some things are worth the wait.

Like the green man,
and the security it brings.

So I wait.
RED
Natalie Neo Feb 2015
RED
The roses
how they cut your teeth.

The note
how you bribed the florist.

The meat
how you earned the money.

The blood
how the meat split.

The gums
how they moved and lied.

The heart
how it surrendered when touched.

All red.
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
The grip which holds the collar
of my blouse,

The pull which grabs the lobe
of my ear,

The cringe which squeezes the muscle
of my heart.

There, the rebellious calling to dominate
Refuses to let go.
Rid
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
Rid
You said to get rid of my feelings.
I tried. But
how do I get rid of something
Invisible?

It's hiding from me, or rather
I am hiding it
from me, because it feels
Invincible.

I will
I will
I will
Try to get rid of it.

But for now,
I will just pretend.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
I know there's no hope left,
I knew.

I just needed to hear it from you.
I needed you to say it,

Say
"I don't love you anymore."
But I still do.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
They say it takes two hands to clap
Two hearts to love
Two souls to last.

Then what is this
Romance with myself?

So romantic still
Because of your invisible presence,
Your words
Your concern.

Maybe,
Slowly,
Someone will take your place
And walk with me.

Never completely,
Never fully,
Never thoroughly,

But slowly.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
Guard down
Barrier destroyed
Fence torn

Vulnerable
Sensitive
Loving

Guard on
Barrier up
Fence walled

Strong
Rational
Cold

I hope you feel safer this way.
But I hope more,

That you're happy.
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
As least we live under the same sky.
Together with 6 billion other souls,
But at least it's the same sky.

We don't talk, not anymore.
We don't smile nor sing,
We don't meet or brunch or drink,
We don't hug or kiss,
We don't lean onto each other or

Miss each other.

At least we live under the same sky.
Together with 6 billion other souls,
But at least it's the same sky.
Natalie Neo Feb 2015
Sometimes I forget,
or I think I forget
about us.

It perhaps should be this way.
The better way, growing together
-apart.

But I still feel it sometimes
that non-existent inutile scar,
-aching.

Not for long though, these sour aches
need not nursing anymore,
But just our song.
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
Feeling so sick and tired of
Feeling sick and tired of
Being so sick and tired.
Natalie Neo Feb 2015
I wait for 12mm
to be the first to wish you
Happy Birthday.

I let you hug me
as tightly as you want and
let you let go whenever.

I smile when you say
I look pretty and ignored
you repeating it to others.

I trust that you were looking
into my eyes and
not anywhere else.

I was touched when you
told them to get off me,
You're a gentleman.

I over think,
everything you do and say
because like you said,
I'm silly.
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
You didn't **** me,
Not literally.

Figuratively-
You stab me deep,
left me to bleed,
scarred from weep.

Emotionally-
You left my heart voided,
it couldn't be avoided,
Abandoned and unaided.

Mentally-
You chose to pursue,
things which were untrue,
I had no rights to sue.

You didn't **** me,
Not literally.

Not yet.
Natalie Neo Nov 2014
I feel so small
Feel like I'm falling short.

While you're thinking about how
We could be heroes,
I'm thinking about how
I wanna fall in love again with you.

Vulnerable. Superficial. Immature.

I can't fight it.
I can't get my **** together.

Why do I miss you so?
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
You hide behind your soft facade
making me think you're
Moral
Gentlemanly
Assuring.

But you forgot actions speak louder than
words.
They always do.

And you
Swinging by
Leading me on to
Woo
Chase
Fail.

You're not getting to me this time round.

No dear,
Not anymore.
Natalie Neo Oct 2014
I can give you space to breathe,
Ample space.

I can space out those memories,
Diligently space.

I can create a space for us,
Special space.

I hope you leave a space for me too,
In your future.
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