Althea Tan Poems

How much is giving up?
How much do I have to take?

All the doors are closing shut,
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If emotion was a colour,
It would be dark.
Just like the mid-night sky.
With birds that soar,
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Silence is a knife with double edges
Sound is a blade with sharp handles

Socialization is bar, with no end in sight
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I had a friend
Who liked to spend
Their time without a mask.
And I told them that,
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Defenestration.
What a beautiful word.

From a looming tower
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I have someone I really adore
And this is something I absolutely cannot ignore

Though not someone from up above
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I had everything I loved
And everything I needed

So I took my gun
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Death is a mystery,
A never ending story.
When will we live?
When will we die?
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What is the answer to life?
The meaning of all we do?

The reason why we traverse this world,
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Sometimes I feel sad,
Like blue waves washing off the shore

Sometimes I feel empty,
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