Matthew Tshoi
Poem 5
Eng 57



Looking at you that very first moment
Over thinking of what to say
Remembering how nervous I was
I thought you were everything I wanted

Caught me at the very first sight
Are you the one I’ve been searching for?
Millions of butterflies fluttering in my stomach
Picturing you in my perfect world
Because of the beautiful treasure I’ve just found
Everything about you is all what I want
Like ice cream in the sun, I melted
Leave me breathless and gasping

Matthew Tshoi
Eng 57

The way the water hits the rocks pulls me in with the waves. It’s calm, yet rough at the same time and I feel like I’m at peace with myself. However; I feel as if I’m being broken apart inside, as if the waves are crashing into my heart and leaving me shipwrecked. I still feel safe though, as if nothing can hurt me here, no one can hurt me. I don’t exist when I’m here and I love that feeling, no problems exist when I’m by the shore. I think of all the life that is in the ocean and it makes me want to take a slow motion dive straight to the bottom to explore, except I can’t swim. I want to be one with the water, or maybe even just a seashell? A grain of sand? Anything. I just don’t want to be me anymore. I want to be the peace maker and the connector the ocean seems to be. I want to be relaxing, beautiful, surreal, deep. I want people to close their eyes and hear only me, and my heartbeat is my wave. I want to make people feel safe and at peace, yet tear their heart to pieces. I am war. I am the seagulls squawking. I am the burning sand. I am the shipwreck. I am the drowning…

Matthew Tshoi Eng 57 11/3/13

Waves crashing
Cool breeze shifting through the air
Soft, hot grains of fabric
Leaving trails of footprints every step taken
Seagulls soaring through the warm air high above
Pale shimmers reflect upon the oceanAs it shifts to night

The darkness is overwhelming
Waves crashing
Cool breeze shifting through the air
Soft, cold grains of fabric
Leaving trails of footprints every step taken
Seagulls are the only company I have left

Hi, my name is human, who are you?
Deep down we're each nothing more but a beating heart.
We laugh the same,
cry the same,
bleed the same
live the same.
All for different reasons. Who are you?
We're each lonely, but we find things to fill the void.
We tell ourselves we believe in things to give us hope.
We suffer. Who are you?
There's no such thing as peace within yourself.
There's no such thing as happiness. They don't exist. We don't exist.
Who are you?
We're selfish we don't care; we beg to live, to love and to breathe. Who are you?
I'm nothing like these people.
Who am I?

Matthew Tshoi
Eng 57

Like the sun I shine ever so bright,
Like the sun I blind people out of my sight,
Like the sun I am free
Like the sun I am full of energy,
I'll walk around and make people run because,
Like the sun I'll burn you,
a lot of people can't see it but I can because
like the sun, me and you really do have a lot in common.

Matthew Tshoi
Eng57

When I was here there was nothing that gave me care,

When I was here it’s something you would not bare

When I was here it just gave me a glare

When I was here I thought everything was fair

When I was here you saw it as a dare

When I was here you were nowhere near

When I was here I held onto you so dear

When I was here they all rattled in fear

I was here for everything but I realized when I was here there was nothing even there

Matthew Tshoi
 

Cool blue sky

Ice crystals falling


Pure white powder

On the soft ground


Presents unwrapping

Bright smiles on each of their faces


Children playing together

As families gather

For holiday delight


Memories and happy moments

Celebrating a beautiful day

The birth of Jesus Christ


Crystals continuously fall

As the sun gradually sets

Where the sky shifts to dark blue,

turning crystals into dust