Such pathetic scraps of devotion, Yet it still dazzles me. I gathered every last fragment as if it were abundance. And accept it with silent contentment. He didn’t need much to prove he loved me, really. But that much he can’t even produce, Occasionally leads me to ponder Whether he was ever worth...Read more

Gingerlily
I'm a Singapore-based poet, I always dreamt of becoming a writer or a poet and poetry has been a big part of my life especially in 2025. It has changed the way I perceive the world
It has been 7 years, when will you realise you love me? A calculated risk a taunting abyss, will you ever gather the wits to ask me this " I love you truly, I hope you feel the same about me." 7 years I have been waiting, I couldn't even see the beginning. The end of the friendship, the start of...Read more
Honestly, it's not the fact that I can't fall It's the fact that I dare not fall. I'm balancing on this plank. Precariously hanging over both edges of a cliff. I'm at the peak of this cliff with both ends of the plank hanging over the edges. Weights are dropped on either side of this plank at random...Read more
You never realised when he held your hand for the last time... You never realised when he said I love you for the last time... You never realised the last time when you guys last stayed up all night texting absolute rubbish to each other but can yet convince yourselfs that this was the word of tru...Read more
You have no idea, do you? How much it hurts to plaster a smile on my face Every hour, day and night. You have no idea, do you? How pain laughing could be when your seat beside me is empty. When I have to journey alone without the comfort of your grasp. You have no idea, do you? How little cry...Read more
The man whose hands bear my blood is the man whose heart bears my soul. An unkempt kingdom of fallen ruins, each more glorious than the other. Oh, what a pity they gave up on such a good ruler. ...Read more