Mummy tells me mummy and daddy love me

But I don't know why

Daddy tells me mummy and daddy love me

But i don't know why

Every night they read me bedtime stories

They give me goodnight kisses

Even though I never wash the dishes

They always feed me fishes

They hug me before I go to school

And always say have fun

On weekends they would bring me to the pool

They alway shelter me from the hot sun

Mummy tells me I need to work hard

Daddy tells me that I need to get good grades

Though I hate their nagging

I know its best for me to listen

Mummy tells me mummy and daddy love me

Daddy tells me mummy and daddy loves me

Now I know why

Shut Up!

Both of you

Just shut up

You make me scramble my mind

Always unsure of what to choose

Be good or be bad

I never know

Rushing to work every day

Checking your phone every few minutes

Are you sure life is that simple?

A car accident across the street

A robbery next door

Are you sure life is that simple?

A friend saying she was diagnosed with cancer

A relative showing off her diamond ring

Are you sure life is that simple?

A routine that you never follow

A mess in the kitchen

Are you sure life is that simple?

No one lives a simple life

Whether it is money, relationships or competition

Everything gets complicated

As the love we show depletes

Everyone is stuck at home

Keeping each other's love at home

Too afraid to go outside

Too torturing to stay in

How many days has it been I wonder

It's so easy to lose count

Staring at the same things everyday

Only to see those numbers go up

Racism and blame being thrown on the chinese

Yet we need to stay strong

The knives that cut our strings

Will never cut our wings

For we will wait till the day

Where we can soar and rise above again.

The filial daughter

The smart student

The hardworking part-time employee

The caring friend

All these masks that I wear

I always wonder which will be uncovered first

A rebellious teenager

A cheating student

A lazy employee

A selfish friend

All these hidden scars on my face waiting to be revealed

Binge watching a Kdrama for 5 hours straight

Scribbles and doodles all over my notebooks

All the trash under the bed

The dirty clothes hidden in the closet

All these stupid habits lay hidden in me

I am just a girl

A girl who likes to stare at the handsome faces of korean idols

A girl who often doze off in class

A girl who has a crush on another guy

A girl who listens to the old Jay Chou songs

A girl who becomes a singer in the shower

A girl who always thinks everyone is judging her

A girl who cries after her first driving lesson

A girl who sees her life as an opportunity to do some good in the world

I am not graceful

Neither am I beautiful

I do not have the double Ds many girls want

And I do not have an S shaped but

I am just a girl

Being pretty in her own world

People often ask,

"Where is the 'good' in 'goodbye'?"

Yes, goodbye means that you will have to part with someone.

It means that the time is over and you have no choice but to leave.

But the 'good' in 'goodbye' implies that you are going to see each other again

That's why it's good

Because you will be able to meet again

Sitting in a dark corner

Tears streaming down my face

I clutched a picture in my hand

Holding it tightly, never letting go

The scents I just smelled

And the scene that I witnessed

The blood splatters on the wall

Black and yellow police tapes along the corridoor

A corpse, laying lifelessly on the floor

Covered in a white sheet

All to hard to forget

'Mummy. What happened to daddy?'

'Daddy left to go somewhere.'

'Is he going to come back?'

'No honey. He went somewhere far away.'

'Then can we visit him?'

'I wish we could, but daddy went to a place that no one can visit.'

I looked at the bed we used to sleep in

And the dining table we used to happily chat at

All the memories refreshed into my mind

I carassed her cheek and stared into her deep brown eyes.

'Just like her father.', I thought to myself.

Stuck in a blank space

Enshrouded by dark clouds

As i drown into the deep sea

Gasping for air as i tried to stay afloat

Hands of people pushing me down

And skeletons pulling me deeper

I'm out of breath

I tried to fight my way out

But the more i struggled the more i sank, deeper

Suffocating in insults and critisism

Stabbing myself with false hope

I think

Is this the end

I start to lose conciousness

Images of my family and friends fill my mind

As i seeped into the afterlife

I jolted up from my bed

Tears streaming down my face

Drenched in sweat from head to toe

Shaking, looking around

Realising I'm in my room

Suffering from another dreaded nightmare

I curled into ball weeping

I wanted to run away

I wanted to escape from that world

A world where death is the best option

A world where no one helps you

A world where your closest ones

Becomes your enemies