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Letting Go of YouLetting Go of You:

You abandoned me in the past
without so much as a proper goodbye
One day you simply chose to walk out the door
and you never did come back...

I was angry then, hurting badly
I wondered if I was in some way inadequate
I wondered if you left because I am so easy to despise
and eventually my sorrow turned to anger

I wanted to become great
to show you that you made the wrong choice
to take my strength and throw it in your face
just so you would regret it

But then I saw how happy you were...

In the time we've been apart
You've made a new life for yourself
You've found someone who loves and treasures you
and upon

Immortal ButterflyImmortal Butterfly:

I remember the Immortal Butterfly
Translucent wings that drank from the sky
Glittering dust would fall with every flap
Like warm tears dripped upon my tiny back

I would always chase this butterfly
as it makes its way across the sky
When I look I feel as though I can forget
The painful needles that twist into my back

I would always dream of this butterfly
and I wonder if I could ride it and fly in the sky
When I dream about it, I don't regret
Not being able to leave this tiny bed

Sometimes I can't see the butterfly
My vision turns grey like a stormy sky
I get scared during those times, because it makes me thi

Where Angels PlayWhere Angels Play:

A lonely spark appears before me tonight
amongst the struggles deep inside of me...
Should I give in, will I breathe in?

How much more can I be forced to take
before my soul breaks?
Shards crashing into me
letting me know I am alive
If only
I am barely breathing...

The moon lights my pathway
deep in dark, where we will fade
I've walked past the archway
Where angels will play...

The warmest touch, upon my skin
Wings that glow with sacred light, from deep within
They have come to take me back, to where I've been
Gone away into the winds, my voice forever lingering

Do I alone escape this and find my peace
wi

Battle ScarsBattle Scars:

Sharp claws rake into my skin
as my blood bursts forth to splatter against the ground
The uneven breathing of my foe
tells me that he too is wounded and close to death

I can see his teeth, flecked with frothing saliva
foaming and spitting as he bellows his name
He charges into me, his frame crashing with mine
the impact has me reeling and I fall back against the stone

The ground feels cold
the icy chill seeping into my bones
the warmth of my blood escapes me
and I can feel myself beginning to fade

Up toward the sky I glance
praying that I might receive assistance
I pray that he who commands me, he who stands above
Will pity

Aren't You Ashamed Yet?Aren't You Ashamed Yet?:

A Mask
Truly an object of mystique and mystery
A simple device, with a painted layer
That conceals a face of rotting worms

Oh, I'm sorry, was I supposed to overlook it?
Let me rephrase it in a more appropriate manner
You are a cowardly, pathetic, miserable, filthy
Unintelligent, soul-sucking, perfidious, bag of rotting worms

You who once held my respect, you who were once my friend
you shared in my secrets and you shared in my dreams
But in the end, it was the lies
The horrible, filthy lies that spew forth from your tainted lips...

I guess it was a simple decision
I had no need to keep up this facade
an

My Beautiful FilthMy Beautiful Filth:

We'll start with the rose petals
scattered lavishly across the bed
A symbolic collage of my broken thoughts
like memories crushed and thrown into the winds
they lie where they fall, forever forgotten...

Tacks and nails shall line the floor!
A perfect representation of my painful steps
To walk forward was to suffer
to stand still was to endure
Like the insults thrown at me, like the physical abuse
they drive their way into my skin and remain embedded
Unable to be removed except by force

And now comes the masterpiece, the perfect finishing touch
A wall of words and photographs depicting my sorrows and greivance

WinterfallWinterfall:

Warm blood drips upon the pearl white snow
freezing into droplets that shine and glow
Red like the colour of his once livid cheeks
It frames the sculpture I have carved on this peak

An artwork made so terrifyingly sublime
I believe that such a thing would be condemned as a crime
But woe betide the unfortunate soul
For the poor man stumbled into the freezing cold...

I remember his features in his moment of death
Hope and despair, intermingled as one
A shine of reality as he opens the door
and steps into the hell from the days of yore

From then he has passed into my loving care
His body as a shell and so I lay it bare

CorvusCorvus:

Black feathers falling through the empty sky
A whisper upon the winds, better left unspoken
As a glimmer of sunlight catches my eye
I am drawn to the worms that writhe below

Each one pulses with the desire to live
endlessly tunneling through the sands of the earth
With nothing more for them to give
I'm afraid they are quickly eaten...

One, two, three and four
Each one swallowed by an open door
Five, six, seven, eight
They know not love nor petty hate

It makes me wonder if they feel this pain
of being consumed by the one they fear
They sprout and dance in the lovely rain
Not knowing of that which lurks so near

-Chen Yu

You Lift Me UpYou Lift Me Up:

When first I fell from the grace of the light
Tumbling endlessly through an uncaring sky
With wings torn from me, blotched and bloodied;
It was time for me to die...

But a bed of flowers, with the scent of lillies;
Caressing my heart with its soothing fragrance
Left me stronger and healed my wounds;
In the dark it was my radiance

It brought me back from the brink of despair
And made me forget that I would never fly
Instead I am content with these broken wings
If I may sleep where you still lie...

Here upon the ground, having faced my judgement
I am calm and collected without burden to bear
Someday I wish to retu

Shatter PointShatter Point:

Can you see
what all the world has-
Done to me
I've locked away my-
Sa-ni-ty
I wanna break
Huma-ni-ty
(Kiru oh!)

My shatter point, my shatter point
I'm up against the wall at my shatter point
A thousand faces keep calling to me into the night
Their whispers drive me further up and away from the light!

Waste Away
Just fall again and-
break today
I want you down and you'll-
Fade away
Just stop breathing and-
Die today!
(Kiru oh!)

The shatter point, the shatter point
You know that you are up and against the wall
The shatter point, my shatter point
Leave me breaking against my shatter point

A thousand faces

FEARFEAR:

Frantically he scrambles away from the dark
Eager to be free of his waking nightmare
Acting only upon the instinct within him;
Reminded constantly that he is prey

For some time he hides in the pervasive shadows—
Earnestly praying that he will not be discovered
A single sound is all it takes to jar him;
Running from a creature that he can barely see

From head to toe it is certainly monstrous
Enshrouded in an aura of absolute repugnance
As the acid drips from its cruel jaws,
Rapidly dissolving the ground below

Fearful, he cowers, beneath boxes and cardboard,
Escaping away into a tiny corner of his mind
Alone with only

Oh No I Know A Dirty WordOh No I Know A Dirty Word:

Oh me, oh my, these are dirty words
How low-class, vulgar and simply absurd
You must be a thug, you've no sense of style
Let me sip some tea that was made erstwhile

I shall proceed to comment about who you are
and pointlessly engage you in a mental spar
I must prove my point to be whole you see
for the protection of the word is a duty to me

See I love to pretend that I'm someone pure
Never dirtied a sentence or darkened a door
It's like I'm holy and utterly clean
So don't take my tone as being mean

I'm simply trying to help you right?
Let me show you how to be a snob on sight
Never use the language me

This is for the ReaderThis is for the Reader:

With the soft touch of his fingers
The piano begins to play, a heart untouched for so long
Bares its secret melody...

-

When I first started out I couldn't avoid just bein' cold
My life revolved the things that I was always told—
I never knew the warmth of standing up to take a bow
It was not a joy that I would ever-ever be allowed
Through all the days I feared that everything would disappear
You held me up and held me close like I was something dear
I never knew I had a part of me that you would like
I guess that's what you feel when you can't even see the light…

-

So this is the only way, that

The Simple DelightsThe Simple Delights:

The world is a place of simple pleasures
of the simple delights that we fail to see
Like a rose whose thorns will prick unwary
we focus on the negatives that be

But if we chose to hold the rose
Gentle and with grace
Its thorns would simply press our skin
Not pain or poison laced

If we could learn the simple lessons
of looking at all the good things in life
Then food would be the only object
to meet the edge of my knife

I see so many different ways
to enjoy the life that I have today
I could go to the store and buy a snack
A treat for me I say

Perhaps I'll choose to walk the distance
or maybe I'll take th

I Comfort MyselfWith a warm drink, whispering secrets to my own reflection.

The struggles that plague me, though none may know,

Are only for the ears of my quiet mirror, who smiles

Softly, warmly and with care. He tells me, I'm fine

I've done well for now and soon I may finally rest.

Though the silence continues to press upon me,

Weighing upon my soul like an iron crate.

Still I find comfort in whispering secrets,

If only to my own reflection - holding a warm drink...

-Chen Yuan Wen, 17th October 2012

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Song of the Sea SirenSong of the Sea Sirens:

The roaring wind was quick to die
As the fog began to form.
Silence soon surrounded us
Like a calm before the storm.

In the darkest distance; against the light
I could hear a haunting melody.
It seemed to sound like a Siren's call
Coming from across the sea.

Immediately my crew reacted
As we dove beneath the deck.
Wool and wax to plug the ears
And ropes to tie me back.

As a Captain of this Pirate ship
My duty was plain to see.
Tied to the mast as a sacrifice
Was where I soon would be.

For one alone must endure the call
Else the Siren would not sing.
This had been a long tradition
Since the time of t

The Kraken's SeaThe Kraken's Sea:

In the deepest night our ship was sailing
Quietly through the moonlit sea.
Until we saw the monstrosity rising
'By the gods, it couldn't be!'

From the watery depths we heard it shriek;
Tendrils arcing toward the sky.
Like harpoons cast toward the heavens
The time for battle was nigh.

My crew prepared the starboard cannons
As I steered my ship through the rumbling tide.
The vicious whirpool which drew us in,
Was the abyss in which the beast would hide.

Soon it began to strike at us;
Tentacles lashing like deadly whips!
Several times we were nearly broken
As it clicked and smacked its horrid lips...

'Fire!' I

Cold Brown Eyes [REMIX]Cold Brown Eyes [REMIX]:

Girl...
She's got a secret
She's got a secret deep inside of you
(Lost...)
Don't tell her nothing
Keep it all hushed away for good

Girl...
With all her secrets
Hidden in her cold and lovely eyes
(Brown...)
It's in her brown eyes
Cold eyes that that you've seen tonight

Lies...
She's telling all lies
Everything you knew was meant to die
(Lost...)
In her brown eyes
She will be the lonely killer tonight

Girl...
With all her secrets
She's whispering these countless lies
(Brown...)
From her brown eyes
All the secrets that were meant to die

Lies...
Keep it tidy
She will come alone for you tonight..

I Believe In YouI Believe In You:

You feel like things have gone into the ground
When everything is gone and crashing down.
You took your pain and tried to make it end
But give me one more chance to hold your hand...

See I will believe it...
I know you're strong inside
Just try once to see it
You will believe that-

You will be alright,
And we are all here by your side
We'll take you through those painful days
We soar like birds and fly away hey!

You will know that we're here,
Cause when you open those eyes my dear;
We will all be here
We will all be here
We will all be here...

See once it was so hard to carry on,
But take my hand, my shoul

Disconnect Yourself [Remix]Disconnect Yourself [REMIX]:

Is it so easy to pull your wire
Out from the inside?
(The kiss of Cyanide)

You drank the poison
And lived a lie
(That you could not deny)

Weathering change
Your mind was like stone
But then it started to break...

Now drifting helplessly
You shattered like glass
Knowing that you're fake...

The empty shell, that you grew
Has started to come undone...

Piece by piece
You're breaking apart; and it weighs a ton!

The wire inside me
The blood in my veins
(A memory of an ancient pain)

Knowing that I
Am nothing but a fake
(The self you cast away)

Dreaming of times
When the world was simple
Not simp

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This is All About You

by *WordOfChen, Sep 16, 2012, 1:33:11 AM
Literature / Poetry / Romantic / Teen / Free Verse

This Is All About You:

Most people giving you advice, might take a quote from a book

Most people giving you advice, have never had a real look

So from someone who's been watching, let me lay my heart bare

I want to show you all the special things, about the girl for whom I care

She always does her very best, no matter how tough the task

Even when she's struggling, she puts on a brave mask

She's always trying to learn new things, just for a chance to make you proud

She can be a little bit quiet, but I think that's better than being loud

She's not the very best in sports, I know she can be kind of a klutz

But she smiles and goes on anyway, now that takes a lot of guts...

She gets embarassed pretty easily and gets far too nervous to talk

But I know she'd like it if we held hands, whenever we went for a walk

She doesn't need a lot of pretty things, she just wants someone who cares

I bet she'd like to have someone, whom she knew would always be there

I remember when she tried to cook...yeah that first time was really bad

Burnt toast and scrambled shells...man that was really sad

But you know she practiced every day, because she wanted to give you a box

That was full of all your favourite things, I guess that must have rocked

But in the end she never got to you and so I think I'll take this chance

To steal this lovely lady's heart if she'd simply spare me a glance

So tick your answer:
[] Yes
[] No
[] I just met you and this is crazy, but if I made you laugh then call me maybe?

-Chen Yuan Wen, 16th September 2012

This is All About Youby *WordOfChen

Literature / Poetry / Romantic / Teen / Free Verse

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Author's Comment:

Alright so, I'm a dark poet...in general...in fact the next pieces I'm preparing are 'Whispering to Lucifer' and 'Lamb of God'. Well those are the tentative titles.

But anyway, the point I want to make is this. Even if we are dark, there are times when we should smile and be happy and enjoy ourselves. So amidst the slew of dark emotions I'm seeing being constantly thrown head-first onto DA, I thought I would try to release a nice romantic piece, but...

IT FAILED DESU!

I'M TERRIBLE AT ROMANCE!

So in the end, I turned it around using the one-line format and switched it up into sort of a cheesy comical love-poem which I would use if I were friendzoned around 6 years ago (when I was 16). Unfortunately now my style is very different and I'm very straight forward about things like love

Anyway, enjooooy the cuteness...or the fail...whichever you like best xD.

-Captain Chenbeard of the Black Fedora Pirates

Other Poems by Me:

Oppa Pirate Style! Oppa Pirate Style:

Chen Chen Chen Chen, Chen is pirate style!
Chen Chen Chen Chen, Chen is pirate style!

Stick-on tattoos and a Captain's hat makes me a player
My pirate theme is 'Raining Blood' by a band that's known as Slayer
But let's realise the fact: I've got no beard, I'm just that cool
I'm like Monkey D. Luffy when I drown in a kiddie pool

Cause I'm a guy!
The type that sails along the seven seas, a pirate guy
With a black fedora hat I use to tease, a pirate guy
Got so much swag I cure the love disease, a pirate guy
I'm a pirate guy!

So heyo- Pretty ladies I need to know...I need to know
Would you get aboard my ship and dr

Aren't You Ashamed Yet? Aren't You Ashamed Yet?:

A Mask
Truly an object of mystique and mystery
A simple device, with a painted layer
That conceals a face of rotting worms

Oh, I'm sorry, was I supposed to overlook it?
Let me rephrase it in a more appropriate manner
You are a cowardly, pathetic, miserable, filthy
Unintelligent, soul-sucking, perfidious, bag of rotting worms

You who once held my respect, you who were once my friend
you shared in my secrets and you shared in my dreams
But in the end, it was the lies
The horrible, filthy lies that spew forth from your tainted lips...

I guess it was a simple decision
I had no need to keep up this facade
an

Immortal Butterfly Immortal Butterfly:

I remember the Immortal Butterfly
Translucent wings that drank from the sky
Glittering dust would fall with every flap
Like warm tears dripped upon my tiny back

I would always chase this butterfly
as it makes its way across the sky
When I look I feel as though I can forget
The painful needles that twist into my back

I would always dream of this butterfly
and I wonder if I could ride it and fly in the sky
When I dream about it, I don't regret
Not being able to leave this tiny bed

Sometimes I can't see the butterfly
My vision turns grey like a stormy sky
I get scared during those times, because it makes me thi

You're The Drug That Keeps Me You're the Drug That Keeps Me:

You've got me twisting on the edge
and I beg to stay...
I know I should quit
but I can't walk away...
You're the drug that keeps me whole
when I'm feeling cold
When I'm feeling cold
You've got me in your hold!

EVERYTIME I WALK YOU BRING ME RIGHT BACK HERE
A HUNDRED TIMES OR MORE IT'S GETTING REALLY UNCLEAR
DO YOU LIKE TO FUCK WITH ALL MY HOPES AND INNER FEAR
OR MAYBE CUT ME DOWN SO YOU KNOW THAT I'LL KEEP YOU NEAR?

A hundred times, a hundred pages
twelve different masks and a thousand stages
You've got me beggin' for more
out in the rain at your door
I'm not a man, I'm just your little whore

A

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THE COLD AIR in Baron Rorke's study did little to calm his nerves. He was expecting visitors this night and they were not the best of company. A shiver of dread ran down his spine and he spent most of the twilight hours staring out of a large window which stood behind his writing desk. It was amazing, he felt, how quickly a man could become attached to a life of luxury; only to be made painfully aware of how easy it was to lose it. War was always a frightening thing, even more so when one had the knowledge and sense to realise that it was no longer an exercise of glory, but a si

Critique by ~ilikethesky Sep 22, 2012, 11:23:15 PM

SO, i clicked on this poem, wondering what it would be about....and it was the voice of a guy speaking about someone he liked. And I really enjoyed the description of how she was shy and sweet but never would give in and the part about her to afraid to say it but would like to hold hands....
awww. thats just too sweet.
The last part about him taking a chance, to steal her heart, i thought that was a lovely twist. This isn't your usual "I wish i was with ____ but i cant be poem. ^_^
So, for technique, I liked that it was in a simple, line by line form, it made it easy to read, and i could picture just any guy saying this to someone.
Also, Vision: Excellent. I never would have thought of something like this, great job.

Originality: I know there are a lot of love poems out there, but this one, wasn't about the usual heartbreak scenario. SO i really like the new situation and plot-"But in the end she never got to you so I think ill take this chance..."
Impact-Huge-at least on me. Haha I am a shy person around people sometimes, and super silent if i don't know them. SO the part about her being quiet(not to mention a klutz like me XD) was really touching, and the description of her was just..really great.
Kudos! I really liked it

Hahah. It makes me happy to read a poem like this.

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Critique by *ivoryK1tt3n Sep 16, 2012, 6:13:06 PM

This poem is very deep. And it smack's you right in the heart. This is actually going to be my first critique, so please be easy on me. xD

As for the technique, I like it, but I believe it's kind of shouts out nervous high school boy in love, which I frankly thought was ADORABLE <3

And the impact was really good. Like, literally. My heart jumped reading this. And my heart doesn't jump often (unless it has to do with my fiance) so feel very proud.

There's not much vision to this poem honestly. I can't see someone saying this or anything, nor can I envision this in my head when I read it, so it's kind of lacking in that department. Now.

Originality. I can not give you anymore stars for originality, or else I would. Very very good. Beyond amazing actually. I also love how you incorporated one of the newer hit songs into the poem as well. :3

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love 11 11

joy 9 9

~~wow 0 0~~

~~mad 0 0~~

sad 1 1

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~ChristineAnne25 Mar 16, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

I looked up "friendzone" in deviantART and found this!

*WordOfChen Mar 21, 2013 Professional Writer

Bwahaha is that so? Well that's interesting xD

-Captain Chen of the Black Fedora Pirates

~Queen-Of-The-Night99 Dec 15, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

this is really sweet. especially from a girls point of veiw

~ChristineAnne25 Nov 28, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Whoa, that was a good read. I think I'll read more of your poems.

~FrozenAngelBrony Nov 4, 2012

oh my gosh ~!!! i adore this !!! like you wrote this and.... its like, MARRY MEEEE~~!!!

*WordOfChen Nov 4, 2012 Professional Writer

bwahaha, sorrrry I has a girl that I love very much :3

2 year anniversary coming soon xD

-Captain Chenbeard of the Black Fedora Pirates

~FrozenAngelBrony Nov 6, 2012

aaawww!!! how cute XDD I'l just go be forever alone somewhere else...

*WordOfChen Nov 26, 2012 Professional Writer

xD N'awww don't be sad :3 We can be friends xD

-Captain Chenbeard of the Black Fedora Pirates

~o0SHeeP0o Oct 8, 2012

[] Yes
[] No
[x] I just met you and this is crazy, but if I made you laugh then call me maybe?

looool the romantic is here! raise all the curtains!

~xXXxWolfie-FiendXxxX Oct 6, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

I'm only just reading this now, and all I can think is, 'god, he's so cute!' That was such an adorable poem. Plus, I just watched the first episode of Word of Chen, and now I'm reading stuff in your voice. Sorry if I gush a bit, but you're so effing cute!

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