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Phillip Chong Poem
Anger consumed within me,
Rage passed continually by.
A mixture of blue and red,
Blinding the dim light inside me.
Once the light was like a flaming torch,
Such a torch that can be compared to the sun.
But even the sun rests, the flames can be vanquished
Only the night was witnessed until the morning dawned.
I was created to love you.
This was the only purpose,
But I chose to reject you.
How foolish of me to compose.
Given many chances to accept,
Welcome the love higher than my mother,
I was in an asylum locked by my choice.
"No more!" I uttered.
A glowing door suddenly appeared,
"Who could it be?" I questioned.
It opened; a figure so bright glanced at the corner,
"My child, fear not," the figure mentioned.
I took his offering hand.
Richness of everlasting springs of water,
The right hand of infinite life.
We departed blissfully as He catered
"Do not sow any longer, for you are here with your Father,"
I began to weep as a baby weeps for his mother.
"My child, for you were once lost but now have been found."
A final tear inching below, the Devil will no longer bother.
Copyright © Phillip Chong | Year Posted 2008
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Phillip Chong Poem
Feels like the world is split into two;
Everything that's happening is light and dark.
In the day I conceal myself with a mask,
Hoping to be seen among others.
To be noticed just to not be alone,
My second face shows no sadness.
A face showing no emotions
Only a smile to show the world.
The eye sees that I am ordinary.
But when the sun begins to fade,
I return to where I belong while
There is little daylight left.
Darkness has finally set in,
A moon its only weakness.
My mask begins to fade
By the dimness of the closing minutes.
A tear drop of sadness,
Anger soon to take control.
I quickly turn on the lamp
To save my dying smile.
The stillness of the night triumphs
Until the dark is awakened by brightness.
Tonight, my only companion will be
My secret shadow.
Copyright © Phillip Chong | Year Posted 2008
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Phillip Chong Poem
So eloquent the beauty absorbed around you;
You uplifted me by your sweet aroma.
Oh, I'm very sorry to say,
That day in May caused a breath to pay.
You stole my heart away
And cured my parading heartache;
Only if I'd known what would have brought that day,
Then I'd have hidden and gone another time.
I felt plagued and wanted to die;
As a lover would take a shot for you, I'd dodge infinity for you.
Yet only a stranger we both were,
I'm here writing this letter swollen with a million tears of heavy cries.
Maybe it could have been fate that we unofficially met;
A destiny resulting in both loss and gain.
A second's glance is certain to be the catch,
Since here I stand alone in the rain.
A passive reflection of sorrow illuminates from the scar;
My heart begins to beat slowly in rhythm with my eyes.
The ticking of the clock abruptly stops;
"I know you're up there," I finally whisper
…….smile
Copyright © Phillip Chong | Year Posted 2008
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Phillip Chong Poem
I know your pain
Although I don't know what's happening,
I can still feel the vain.
Seems like the beginning is the ending
One moment there's bliss
It feels much like a wet kiss.
But out of nowhere you see a mirror,
"It felt so real," as you stand there alone.
You try to make sense of it all;
Yet everything begins to fall.
"AHHHH!" you scream to the top of your lungs.
Your blue eyes are running waterfalls.
It hurts me to see a single tear,
You're not the only one to hide in the room.
Swallow your tears, don't let it drop,
A splash will only cause more bitter props.
But like I say,
Tomorrow will always bring another day.
So Faith, throw away your thorns,
anticipating a happy God-given next day.
Copyright © Phillip Chong | Year Posted 2008
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Phillip Chong Poem
Don't be afraid to go back in time and see the life you lived.
Artificial smiles in a world stained with pain.
People you trusted, you deemed as your friends.
Only later they were icing on a cake. No one's understood you.
A book by its cover, they threw you away.
Your heart's vulnerable, breaking to pieces day-after-day.
Don't give up. It's not the end.
If everyone's turned their backs on you, know I'll be always there for you 'till the end.
Like shadows that never fade, it's inevitable for your angel not to walk away.
So don't look down in tears. Just take my hand and I'll kill away the pain.
I'll do all that I can to help you shine bright once again.
Through death and hell, I'll forever be your friend.
On a bed of nails, we won't turn pale.
Don't give up. It's not the end.
When everyone's turned their backs on you,
know I'll be always there for you even after my end.
Six feet under, my heart won't mend.
Everything that has an ending has a beginning in the end.
It's not the other way around.
So turn around, my dear, 'cause it's time to leave our mark.
It's the series finale of what had been.
Two will become One.
One will leave a legacy for the world to learn its inconsistencies.
Let's hit the reset and see the bliss tonight.
Because the end is not the end.
Copyright © Phillip Chong | Year Posted 2008
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He loves her.
His love for her never ends.
“Love is patient, love is kind.”
The good book says.
Time..
It is your best friend if you think about it.
It is also your worst enemy;
It shows no mercy nor welcomes your white flag.
The sinister disguise of Death and his pale green horse,
Hung in offices, homes, and churches.
12:08 pm..
Tears paint his face and the rain befriends him.
12:35 pm..
Hugs, kisses, and condolences:
“Love never dies.”
“Love lasts for eternity.”
“She will always live in you.”
I don’t respond;
I lack the strength.
I have crafted up a bronze statue in my heart.
Forever will my love be for her.
Forever will I be her keepsake.
The consequence of love is not a tragedy as I once believed.
The tragedy is not understanding what love is.
The tragedy is not being loved.
My heart is now the way it should be.
Copyright © Phillip Chong | Year Posted 2009
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Stuck at the bottom
I'm caving in.
One thought of you not here
Puts me in a claustrophobic nightmare.
I can't wake up.
I may not see you again.
Reality isn't different from my sleep.
I'm still running aimlessly away to nowhere.
I'm so blinded.
Every second is hidden that I'm spinning in circles.
Makes me reckless, violent, purple dead.
Over and over something's wanting me to say
I was a creep for treating you that way.
Can you forgive me?
I promise I won't make you cry.
One more chance I'll be a loyal friend.
Walk to your door.
I'm closing in.
Standing on thin ice there's no turning back.
I'll say it straight out without fumbling.
For once in my life
I confess it was a mess.
Screwed up everything special we had planned.
But now I'm here alone.
Hope is my only invisible ally.
I raise my white flag to the skies.
Will you operate my wounded heart?
The stakes are high.
But I'm willing to continue where we left off
If you have room in your heart for rent.
Copyright © Phillip Chong | Year Posted 2008
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My iPod’s playing my favorite song.
I don’t remember all the words at the moment
But I recall how it goes.
“Look at the stars…”
I lie on the grassy hill
And carry on what it tells me to do.
It’s 1:30AM but they haven’t come back home.
Just the moon in still-life
As the painter looks on.
It looks so alone on a Wednesday night.
No one wants to be left alone.
I know I had to do something.
I wrap it in her favorite colors,
Blue and pink with a white bow on top.
I show up at the party wearing khaki pants and a wrinkled shirt.
The tie is the only thing in common that night.
I couldn’t leave without telling her “Merry Christmas!”
I feel out of place but a friend makes me want to stay.
She opens the box.
“Is it something shiny or goes around her neck?” Everyone reacts in awe.
I tell her “It’s nothing big but I…”
With eyes so vibrant, “I love it!” she says.
She hangs it in her bedroom wall and I now remember so clearly.
The words magically appear as I see her there,
“Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah, they were all yellow.”
Copyright © Phillip Chong | Year Posted 2008
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