A.Yap's Poems

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Suspense at my Expense

I sit still and wait, the suspense I hate
It has been a year, much too long I fear
Yet you’ve captured my attention with bait
If I will ever get it is unclear

Why have you been doing this forever?
Your choice to put me out of my misery
I...

– by Amy Yap

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Hair Dyed Black

Hair dyed black she said
On the floor, blood was spread
Her old self is gone
Her screams brought the dawn
They don’t know what’s ahead
All she knew is dead
Through the night they now thread
Searching with a knife drawn
Hair dyed black
Ahead...

– by Amy Yap

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I Missed It

Did I drop our match on your hatch
Got me thinking out loud
Because now you won’t come out
I still don’t know what to think
It feels like everything left in a blink
I’ve closed my eyes
Now it’s the end of time
It’s been an endless climb
In...

– by Amy Yap

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Stars Burn Out

Close
Alone
Together
Want traced in blood
While we dance in dark
Coaxing the stars to earth
Only to burn out in dust
Blanketed in ignorance
Boxed in in cardboard dropped to the ground
Yet nothing broken only left...

– by Amy Yap

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Colors Still Bloom

Under a dull, ancient house colors now bloom
Through day and even night, he watered the ground
“Whatever it takes,” he said despite the gloom
Then under the tamarind tree she was found
Unfortunately, they were destined for doom
But soon...

– by Amy Yap

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