#prompted
This one time- I forget how long ago-
I was up late one night, scrolling Reddit,
And I saw this horrible video.
Online, you see all kinds of messed up ****
But this one; it has always stuck with me.
A Polish dad and son were arguing,
And the dad was a cop of some degree,
Who saw no purpose in continuing,
Atop of the son's desk, he slammed down his gun,
And fed up; the dad started to walk away.
But then, also seeing no purpose, his son
picked up the gun- and blew his own brains away.
A young teenager, I sat there in silence,
Terrified of my own internal violence.
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM UTC
One must have a mind of the sea to regard the waves and sandy shores of the salted winds encrusted with shells and past souls.
And have been one with the ocean to behold the sea glass's aquamarine lustre. The encompassing hues of blue highlight the luminescent bacterium.
Swimming in the deep torrents lie miserable souls who jumped overboard, mesmerised by the blues.
Of the July sun, and not to think of any misery sung by the sirens, I was told through the wistful wind in the sound of the shells and conches.
Which is the sound of the waves full of the same wind. That blows through the murky water.
For the listener, dweller, and lover who resides by the shore
And nothing of themselves beholds that of the sea, nothing that is not there, and nothing that is.
Jun 22, 2024
Jun 22, 2024 at 6:51 PM UTC
What is this?
A memory? A dream?
A memory of a dream?
Early morning passes in serenity,
birdcalls slowly replacing the patter of precipitation
as hazy sunbeams drift lazily past the curtain.
Exhale a steady sigh out the cracked window. your breath,
an ephemeral cloud for just a moment,
is highlighted against the garden
and your shoulders fall.
The balloon of breath swells again in your chest, filling the cavity with peaceful Sorrow.
When did She first look your way, blonde locks falling into Cerulean eyes?
When did he brush past you and send waves of butterflies swarming your insides?
Maybe this is better.
Maybe it's better to see the world clearly, without the pretty impediment
of rose-colored glasses.
Maybe it's better to never bite the apple, for what might you lose
if it has turned?
Better to never taste crisp, cool fruits if you can
save your milk-teeth from being lost in ice-chilled flesh.
Sep 7, 2023
Sep 7, 2023 at 7:45 PM UTC
Stretched wide across mountains and valleys,
clusters of hills and springs of rivers,
a soft brown veil dusted with gold.
Take a long nail, pry it aside,
come, see what’s within for a modest fine.
My flesh, a soft pink for a childhood much missed,
my blood, a loud red for all the shocks I’m full of,
my bone, I’m not too sure for none have travelled far
but if you pressed me hard enough, you’d feel it -
scrolls of poems written and yet to be,
my tongue a ribbon binding them all,
my teeth an ivory chest to contain them,
and sweet lips carefully locking them for now.
A treasure trove awaits those
of my blood and water,
presented on a silver platter under
a soft brown veil dusted with gold
stretched wide across mountains and valleys,
clusters of hills and springs of rivers.
Apr 4, 2021
Apr 4, 2021 at 5:27 AM UTC
just know
that if you ever need me,
i’ll be there.
i’ll always be there.
Oct 11, 2020
Oct 11, 2020 at 9:17 PM UTC
this is a song
it’s about math
it’s not too long
i’m sure of that.
math has always
been quite fun
and you’ll never faze
the endless puns.
math can be easy
math can be hard
but it’s never cheesy
it’s never charred
well, that’s all for this poem today
but math? it’ll always be there, in a way.
Aug 29, 2020
Aug 29, 2020 at 4:20 PM UTC
I don’t belong in the background.
I don’t want to live in the background.
But I do.
I don’t belong where I live.
I realize that now.
Maybe if I belonged in the background, I wouldn’t be like them.
They belong in the background.
But I don’t.
I am not like them.
But I don’t have to be like them.
I don’t have to belong in their lives.
Not in the spaces, the margins.
Not in the background.
I just have to be me.
You might think you know me.
You might think you know me as a woman.
As an Asian.
But you don’t.
You don’t know me.
Yes, I am a woman.
Yes, I am an Asian.
But I am not only those things.
You don’t know me for who I am.
I am not just a woman.
I am not just an Asian.
You don’t know who I am.
I am me.
I am not a hero. I am not a savior.
But I don’t belong in the background.
And I am just getting started.
Aug 28, 2020
Aug 28, 2020 at 4:34 PM UTC
unmarked graves
have nothing to say.
were they the hunters?
or were they the prey?
Aug 26, 2020
Aug 26, 2020 at 12:54 AM UTC
even if we can’t find heaven
we get three 6s instead of 7s
i’ll walk through hell with you
i’ll find a heaven with you
Aug 23, 2020
Aug 23, 2020 at 1:55 PM UTC
the electronics of your heart
can’t stop or they won’t ever start
see how fast they fall apart
they'll always be the finest art
make sure no one has a head start
don't you dare call me a sweetheart
everything's state of the art
i'll never manage to restart
what always seems to outsmart
but your electronics, they're so ****
they don't ever need to act more smart.
Aug 20, 2020
Aug 20, 2020 at 5:08 PM UTC
these rumors, they have big teeth
they're not afraid to bite
they hide their truth beneath
what you see at first sight.
Aug 19, 2020
Aug 19, 2020 at 6:02 PM UTC
hands so ******
tastes like honey
money, money
it’s not funny
milk and honey
not as lovely
as you’d like to think.
Aug 14, 2020
Aug 14, 2020 at 1:56 PM UTC
don’t trust the moon
her pretty face
her pretty lies
don’t quite hide the darkness on the other side.
Aug 14, 2020
Aug 14, 2020 at 1:37 AM UTC
do not cross the ocean,
never sail the seven seas
if you want to never
want to see lands again like these
if you do decide to go
to step onto a boat
don't say i didn't warn you
that you'll always be afloat
don't say i didn't warn you,
don't say i didn't care
if you do become a pirate
it's not my fault, i swear.
Aug 9, 2020
Aug 9, 2020 at 10:57 PM UTC
don't scream or cry by light
don't shout or rage by night
win my hand in ****** ******
and take me in a fight
Aug 8, 2020
Aug 8, 2020 at 2:33 PM UTC
never sin before a mirror,
for it will never forget
no matter if it's no big deal
or your greatest regret.
it won't shame you,
it won't hurt you,
it won't blackmail you, nor bribe
but if a mirror knows a secret,
you’re as good as dead inside.
Aug 5, 2020
Aug 5, 2020 at 1:35 AM UTC
they say, she was locked up
in that tower of hers
forever alone
with only the sea for a companion
they say she was seen on occasion
pacing the rocks
never looking behind her
or back at the town
they say she’d stand in silence
staring out at the midnight sea
always at the same spot on the horizon
listening to the crash of the waves
they say it was all she had.
Aug 3, 2020
Aug 3, 2020 at 5:35 PM UTC
run,
i need to run
i don't know what to do
except
run
i need to run
feeling stripped
of my dignity
of everything
that I love about me
of kindness
of gratitude
of hope
run
i need to run
i don't know what to do
except
run
i need to run
Aug 2, 2020
Aug 2, 2020 at 1:20 PM UTC
dreams floating above the clouds
colorful, high in the sky
gone forever,
like hot air balloons
Jul 30, 2020
Jul 30, 2020 at 4:55 PM UTC
look
look at me
don't call me a king
i'm not a king
why be a king
when you can be
a god?
it ain't that hard
but it ain't easy
not even a little
it's closer to misery
closer to pain
closer to never
nothing is gained
except for the pain
the pain
Jul 22, 2020
Jul 22, 2020 at 1:29 PM UTC
you know i miss you
you know i need you
you know i want you
but you're not there
you know i love you
i always have
you were my life when
life wasn't fair
i didn't want to
want to love you
i didn't want to
want to care
but then you kissed me
then you loved me
you were my life when
life wasn't fair
Jul 20, 2020
Jul 20, 2020 at 1:57 PM UTC
i don't know what i expected,
when i walked away with you
but certainly not
for you to do what you would do
it wasn't like you showed it,
it wasn't like i cared
but when i walked off with you
you gave me no reason to be scared
when you leaned in close to me
when you took my hand in yours
i told myself i wanted it
i told myself to open the doors
but then after you had left
when you had made everything worse
i realized what had happened
was an enchanting curse
Jul 17, 2020
Jul 17, 2020 at 6:55 PM UTC
i am me
myself
and i
that's it
that's all i need
just me
myself
and i.
i don't need love
i don't need anybody
just me
myself
and i.
i've got me
for life,
just me
myself
and i.
Jul 16, 2020
Jul 16, 2020 at 12:09 AM UTC