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Best Poems Written by Christine Chong

Below are the all-time best Christine Chong poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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Entitled To Smile

A mother holding her child in her hands, saying “How gorgeous she is!”.
A mother watching her 3 year old son saying his first word, and thus say “How smart he is!”
But neither do they know, that all they are hearing from their beloved mother is gonna be a lie.

School is a place where you learn things, and that’s especially true because you first learn how society is suppose to be there.
She, being called names like pig, elephant, proboscis monkey, ugly etc.
He, being called dumb, stupid, mentally impaired etc.
And no one taught them otherwise, thus they believed it.

Years by years while other’s stripped off their clothes and humiliated them in front of
hundreds, one by one, their dignity, hope, faith was pulled clean.
Hope was nothing but emptiness to them, faith was nothing but darkness to them. And the truth for them was, not entitled to be loved or to be happy.

Day by day, mirrors and windows seemed like lights to vampires to her, and to her, 14 seems like a wrong number and she was taking too much space in this world, and to her not being able to see her toes is a sin all because of what society told her so.
And him, frustrated because God left out a few pieces of his brain, because God left out a few nerves in his body, because God let him have the privilege to sit on a chair for the rest of his life. He, could not comprehend why people don’t like him. For he saw no difference in them and him, only that he has a portable car.

But little did everyone know, that when you were having dreams of unicorns and rainbows, they were having dreams about the God of death, little did you know while you were making friends with xbox and iPads, they were making friends with Nardil and Paxil, and little did you know while you were making love with your boyfriend or girlfriend, they were having sex with knives on their hands over and over again. little did you know, their whites were all dripped in black and red.

And little did you know, they wanted something so simple in life. To be accepted, to be loved, and one more thing that they think they are not entitled, to look up with courage, —— and
smile.

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A Future Without You

I raise my head to the darkened sky,
Crossed my fingers and moved my lips,
Mouthing the words that blesses you, 
Who now lives thousand miles away.

The day you said “It’s over”,
Those two words stuck on replay,
Without another word you left,
Not wanting to come back.

Then I saw a picture,
Of you smiling with her,
It all made sense then,
You were seeing another girl.

At night, my mind twirls,
My eyes playing with water,
Wondering what I did wrong,
That made you left me empty.

And then I finally got up,
And tried to be strong,
I ripped off my hair,
And took my glasses off.

I stuffed metals in my mouth,
Used crayons to draw my face,
Wore short shirt and skirt,
Just to make you regret.

And when you came crawling back,
I only said – Too late.
Thinking I'll feel better,
Thinking I'll feel happier.

But you never do realize,
How it burns inside,
And when the sun sets,
I still look up the sky.

And for the last time,
I raise my head to the darkened sky,
Crossed my fingers and moved my lips,
Praying one day you won’t realize,
How badly I want your kiss.

But it’s too late to turn back,
To when you say you loved me most,
So from now, I’m bringing my broken heart,
And move on to a future without you.

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Long Distance

When day and night goes by, I wonder to myself
Is there a moment in time in a day where I am important enough
To make you pick up the phone with your hands
Move your fingers and send “Hi baby, I miss you”

When your lips move and a smile curls up your face
Is there a moment in time where your mind is flashing my face
Or is it something or someone that is more important than me
Like friends, university, gym, even basketball

Though we are 3954 miles apart, but my heart still beats 190 for you
My mind still run through all the moments I had with you
Picture perfect moments, where you heart beats next to mine
I wonder if you ever think about it, or was the moments we had was just too heavy for your everyday life

Baby, you don’t understand the pain I went through
When you mouth the words “maybe I just love you as a friend”
You don’t understand how much it kills me
When you say “lets stop Skyping everyday”

The words pierced into my body
Cutting through my paper heart, while I find a way to breath again
Tears ran down my face, while I find the right words to say.
But whatever I say, the only thing you replied is “It for our own good”

You’ve grown you said, but the only explanation that ran through my head
Is that you’ve grown out of me. 
While i’m stuck here wondering all this, head spinning, tears rolling,
You, 3954 miles away, smiling.

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You

I left you, not because I don’t love you
I left you, not because I don’t want you
I left you, because I can’t see myself inside of you

Searching for myself, inside out.
Trying to find the feeling that I left far behind when you said that I, was just another friend that you love.
Trying to protect myself from all the hurt, when all I did was, falling straight into the pit of the fire.

I, was trying to mend myself, when you hold the cure to my wounds.
Realizing too late, that I was way too deep into your darkness when you hold the light, exposing all my flaws.
Shining light on the “disgusting” imperfections of myself, the very things that you said that was beautiful before it all fall apart.

All I could think of is why, how, when. But all you said was “I don’t love you no more”
Tearing down all the promises and dreams we had, and the ring, that you once said was mine forever.

I was burning in the hell of my memories, with all the intimacy we had, but you, were blossoming on another girl’s smile.
Claiming her as your sunshine, and your perfect partner.
All it took was 2 weeks to run over 2 years of smiles and laugther and another month to fall into another girls arms.

I am not worth the time, i know.
I am nothing to you now, i know.
But realize this when you took my protection away, I was drenched in bruises and blood as storms and hurricane rages around me.
I built my own home from scratch with all that is left of me, and endure months after months of failure.
I fought through.

So now, I guard my heart with diligence, and listen only to the truth
Built my home on God, with all his love and promises
The one true love that never fail to amaze me
and the one true God, that changed me inwardly

If you ever knock on my door again, I’ll be happy to attend to you
invite you inside, and i’ll make your favourite tea
Protect you from the storms and all the elements of pain
But if your darkness comes again, thats when i’ll escort you to leave

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To the Little Girl On the Tram

To the little girl I saw on the tram today, 
You, are beautiful
Your eyes shines like the sun in summer time
Your smile would melt the ice on north pole
Your dark, black hair flows just like the Niagara waterfall
Your marks on your face are like mountains waiting for the sunrise
You, you are beautiful.

But remember,
When you grow up,
Do not let the culture today control you
Beauty, make up, skinny, perfect skin
Superficial, artificial images that society labeled as “beauty"

When life seems cold, dark and bitter,
And you feel like ripping off every cell on your face and body,
Remind yourself that its who you are,
You are NOT to be defined by
The marks on your face, the numbers of your body
The size of your boobs or the length of your legs!
Cause eventually all this “beauty” will fade
And whats left of you would be you and your beating heart.

Don’t ever stop your heart from beating,
Because your heart never stopped believing in you,
Every pump through the vein, 
Every beat through the night,
The blood through your veins sends warmth to your heart,
A little reminder of who you are.

So little girl on the tram,
When you grow up, just remember that
Your eyes shines like the sun in summer time
Your smile would melt the ice on north pole
Your dark, black hair flows just like the Niagara waterfall
And your marks,
Your marks are like mountains waiting to see a beautiful sunset
You, are beautiful.