falling leaves travel like rain on your cheeks when you ride the bike across the storm, they twirl and line up the road, letting you know the arrival of fall. the buildings are catching the last glimpse of the Sun, kites with shapes like sea creatures are flying across the sky, everything falls into smallerContinue reading “Great cormorant”
Author Archives: Tammy Le
Sensitive and passionate writer who needs to write more.
happy
if somehow, i could erase all my pain away would i still be me today? if i stopped singing the songs would i forget what music looks like? if i turned a blind eye would i be happy, finally? t.l. i wish to be more like you.
please, don’t go
ever since i was a little kid i never wanted people to go through my stuff i held onto them for dear life like they’re a part of me maybe i’m hoarding the past or maybe they never stopped haunting me. but now, my windows are opened, my safe is unlocked everything is yours ifContinue reading “please, don’t go”
expectations
the road seemed endless street lights lined up to lead back to you i was going slowly tonight, lingering thinking about the poems i never write the expectations i could never live up to and that’s okay. t.l. writing the poems in my head always sounded better
exit sign
exit sign on the wall i love the melancholic pink sky at 5pm so pretty and still, like how the sky should be before a big hurricane is there really a way out of insanity? aren’t the wisest ones being called crazy? i love the little dog on the bike looking back at his owner,Continue reading “exit sign”
Lover
lover, why are you so nice? please be patient with me i’m sorry for being so shy i didn’t know how it all works. i’ve never let myself be happy something just never felt right maybe we’re all destined to be lonely i can’t even put these words together. life is messy, as am IContinue reading “Lover”
Feather
she’s drowning again wanting to escape, jumping right into the whale’s mouth one’s value isn’t defined by her ability to sing she’s been muted since she started flying instead of swimming , she’s drowning again in all her flaws “step into the light”, they said she re-emerges from the cloudy roads her vision is blurry,Continue reading “Feather”
a piece of peace
i can still taste iron in my mouth thoughts never escape, unless you’re dead like a cockroach, no one gives sympathy for the one who destroys things and then asks for mercy. i know now that a lost puppy will always miss its first owner even when he’s living in a new house. that iContinue reading “a piece of peace”
sharks
the water is shallow you saw a big grey shadow cutting through the ocean like lightning, like a suicidal thought you tried to tell yourself “a dangerous situation is only what you make of it” so you started treading waters run as fast as you could but there’s nothing pushing you back up you keptContinue reading “sharks”
Poem number 297
i have stopped counting the times i started crying for absolutely no reason i looked outside and saw these familiar yet strange faces faces of dogs going on a ride faces of couples in love faces of people inside the bright windows faces of people talking in the cafe at night faces of everyone, butContinue reading “Poem number 297”
Tsunami of Words 