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Hong Konger, Arsenal and SCAA fan, NYU Physics autistic undergrad student | he/him
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"'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than to never have loved at all." — "In Memoriam A. H. H.", Alfred, Lord Tennyson #poetry#writing#authors

Passion
Who wants a perfect story anyway?
I live the twists, the turns. Each brutal fall
Drags angels to the next open highway;
Each climax slows and resolves in a crawl.
So what if pain is all that I can see?
Each hammered nail brings nearer Paradise.
To bring me nearer to that heav'nly glee
Each shambling step is such small sacrifice.
Yet rising, too, must not be hasty still;
For joy forevermore is not enough,
But take an inch: the diamond in the rough
Is worth the wanton killing of my will.
Tomorrow brings to heaven or to hell,
Where struggles forged on yesterday can dwell.
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Wanted to get some more practice in with Chinese poetry. #poetry#writing#authors

長年累月

一日不見 如隔三秋
三月已經 何止數刻
數秒難數 爭分逢常
逢天積感 若過一生
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"愛是永恆當所愛是你“ — 張學友 “愛是永恆” #poetry#writing#authors

Love's Labour
How can love's labour e'er be lost
When love is labour too?
A sonnet cannot bear the cost
for one in love to you.
No pen, no quill, nor pencil lead
Could scribe all I would do
To get the chance to be your host
And all my love to you.
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"If necessary, for years; if necessary, alone." – Winston Churchill, 1940 #poetry#writings#author

Keep Calm and Carry On

Is this all there is to adult life?
Is living just darkness bringing blight?
Monotone all days a week and night?
Have we all been learning just for strife?

Hours wasted, churning for a falsehood
Fighting valiant, for what? For triumph?
No. A lie. An endless struggle that will
Never cease. Never learn. Hail, adulthood.
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Wrote this on my plane here. #poetry#writing#authors

Hidden Love
You don't even know it
Teach me how to show it
That I'm in love with you

Little drops of sunshine
Passing through the grapevine
Might tell you I love you

Can I tell you in verse?
Should I open my purse?
How to say "I love you"?

Your hair, your smile, your mind
So nice, so warm, so kind
Do you know I love you?
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Tbf we let go of like 8 or smth crazy

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"For some reason, I can't explain / I know Saint Peter won't call my name" — Viva la Vida, Coldplay #poetry#writing#authors

Lucky

Glamorous pillars of silver and marble and gold will still crumble.
Better to build something bolder. A friendship, a passion, a shoulder to
Lean on when times get too fragile, when you too will finally stumble.

And when the castle falls
The one in the throne will falter alone
But men will be crushed beneath by the stones.
Each other they will save. 
What fool saves a bastard lord?
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"Pop! I'm a dime a dozen, and so are you!" — Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman #poetry#writing#authors

False Mountain
I look upon the mountain of my name —
Each step and every stone a hollow thought.
And yet the summit which takes on my guise
Is taller than I ever could have got.

Am I somehow a legend in your eyes? 
Am I the monster that I see inside?
A million cheated medals on my chest
You give. I take the falsehoods in my stride.

This pyrite peak protrudes from passive earth
To cover cold contempt in dust and dirt.
It too will fall, will fail to reach the sky —
So clobber my false pride and make it hurt.
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I mean yeah, but also I feel like I've talked to most people I'd consider friends or acquaintances ngl...

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Plus like part of why I'm miffed also is cuz it means I don't get to see him again before we head back to the US like I feel like I've got a right to be annoyed here... in my own fucking server... it really makes me question how much people actually care at this point

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@astrealix.bsky.social
Hong Konger, Arsenal and SCAA fan, NYU Physics autistic undergrad student | he/him
98 followers117 following1.6k posts