Mandy Chen Poems

'Ode to Lake District' by Tan Mei Yin

Only then do I know
what Beauty is
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From polite acquaintances, “Good Afternoon”
At the office, a single glance and a polite tip of the head
To teacher and student
A lesson to be remembered;
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Flames of desire,
Only the forbidden is more enticing,
Temptation,
Run you may but back to it in the end,
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Wouldn't it be lovely,
if Love can be kind to me?
Let me not fall at Her feet,
worshipping Her beauty
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only here i'll be my death, nightmare and desire
awaken me, the night says
strike my weary heart with lightning fear
come, come while the candles last
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(female)
Dream a little dream of me,
that is my humble plea.
A little curiosity is better than
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If I don't have a care in this world, with the most bitter of experiences, the smells of decayed, dirty and the ravishing, I will be carefree like the wind
I will join Devil on his voyage
Battle the treacherous seas the God always have in store for us
I will be with a man who rob banks
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