"on a walk with you", Ryan Yeo

often you don’t need to speak.
you’re good at letting the route

do the talking. look, it seems
to say, no matter what happens

the sun still spills its yolk
into the sea, stirring itself

like a bowl of ban mian.
the waves still lap at the shore,

rich and bursting with flavour.
around the bend, friends

chatter about getting dinner.
a golden retriever chases a ball.

when the sky changes colour,
the birds will not stop chirping.

tomorrow, the path will still be here,
caked in the same golden hue.

/ Ryan Yeo is a student at Yale-NUS College. Apart from writing poems, Ryan also enjoys improv theatre, playing chess, and petting dogs.

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