R L - Hello Poetry

Dec 2020

Dr Peter Lim

Miniature Sketches from My Journal (3)

This will be
their obituary of me:
' We knew him not
he was a nobody!'

Dec 2020

Dr Peter Lim

Miniature Sketches from My Journal (7)

Doubt is better than certainty
it's a window of talent--discovery

Dec 2020

Dr Peter Lim

Miniature Sketches from My Journal (10)

The past is a heartless bully
it seldom shows any pity

Dec 2020

Oliver

fire girl

people see smoldering flames
crawling up her veins
and think of empires collapsing into ash,

people watch her eyes spark
and feel her calloused electricity
and they convince themselves of her power

she broods and she intimidates
and they think she is strong
and they think she is dangerous
and they are afraid of her fire

even though the only thing she tries to destroy
is herself.

R L Dec 2020

let it all happen

does the wind need to prove it's power,
do the nightingales sing every hour,
do the waters need to flood to show you,
that not everything needs a purpose,
even when it might seem worth it,
the clouds will cover,
the ravens will hover,
the rain will pour,
i'll be at your door
to show you what i mean
when i say, "just let it all happen"

Dec 2020

ghost

in remembrance

do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not here, I do not sleep
I am the thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glint on these snow
I am the sunlight-ripened grain,
I am the gentle morning rain

And when you wake in the morning’s hush,
I am the sweet uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.

R L Dec 2020

talk

sad eyes,
how did i not realise?
it was pain,
regained it,
and it took 100 tries,
to get you to talk,
but how did i not realise?
you were broken,
a token,
to get you to talk,
i should've loved you,
but then you were gone

#suicide