Yeah, i read that poem probably while i was in my sec 2 year. It pretty much stuck to me. there was also 'oh captain, my captain', ' the arrow and the song', 'I sing the mighty power of God'...imagine, I passed english because I memorized all these and I understood them deeply on how life was back then and how things sometimes never change.

i'd write my own poems and I'd probably never get it into Hallmark or a greeting card

Love is here

Never far from my heart
Or far from my mind
Neither too far from my ear
I can still hear the words and cries

Doesn't listen all the time
And life's work gets in the way
Maybe a question can bring me closer
Or end up in tears

It's never easy to love
Neither is it easy to solve
But one thing's for sure
It's there and crystal clear.


yeah i'm bad at rhymes. that's why I don't write raps

maybe this

JOY

A little too close for comfort
A little too far for thought
It's never about thinking
It's all about heart

How much do I want it?
how much can i give?
Everyday's a battle
Which i feel i can never win

It's all I think about
The battles and bruises
The weeks and months
The pain and joy

It's a person's path
A warrior's joy
A life that not many creatures take
but worth our toil for life's joy