Poet’s Note: To all the amazing teachers out there, this one is for you! Happy Teacher’s Day (three days later, but just as heart-warming😊). Monday morning blues is a phrase commonly heard,And is brought to life by sleep-walking teens whose heads are caught in a whirl,Of dreams of day and dreams of night, all squeezed […]

Poet’s Note: This poem might be hard to understand unless you put yourself in my shoes, because it is about my journey from first grade to my current ninth. As I go back, I reflect on how much I’ve changed and how much I’ve stayed the same🙂.ANNOUNCEMENT: I am happy to share that this is […]

Poet’s Note: Another free verse! But this one is about someone very close to me, and how she is battling depression bravely… Perhaps it is easy to talk about change,When you’re not the one bearing the burden,Of knowing the comforting pillars that keep your world upright,Will crumble to dust in your very own hands.To give […]

How can I think of anything else?When I’m at the point where crossroads meet.Disconcerted to the point of breakdown and tears,The weight of the burden has brought me to my knees. It consumes my thoughts: the uncertainty of the situation.It leaves me waking in my sleep.That wrenching feeling that it’s not in my hands,That feeling […]

Poet’s Note: A poem written in May 2021 largely inspired by the famous song ‘Hello’ by Adele. But this story is about friendship and the difficulties there are when hundreds of kilometres of land are in between friends. Good friendships overcome that, but what about shaky ones? Hello.I dare ask, how have you been in […]

This poem is about how our future careers are heavily influenced by what’s popular in the field. If your passion is something else, then it may not be taken kindly or with the same enthusiasm. For all those out there following your dreams, you are doing the right thing.

I feel loneliness is a kind of betrayal. Not just others leaving you alone, but cheating on yourself by pushing them away and suffering. Here’s a poem dedicated to people who feel alone sometimes… Who feel forgotten by old friends and don’t quite fit in in a new environment.