Poems for you: May 2014

Friday, May 9, 2014

Yesterday's Toyland

By May Kwek

When I was fairly young

I stretched out my hand

Took up a little teddy bear

And Toyland began

It was as crazy a world

As a seven year old could make it

Flying animals and carriages

We even added school in it!

My sister was old enough

So I added her in

And we created a world

Of Kings and Queens!

It was relatively simple

At the beginning at least

A family of royals

And many nephews and nieces

But it grew larger

Quite rapidly too

Especially when our toys had special powers

Each one with about two

So we created ranks

Titles and such

Palaces and treats

For the toys that were made much

It was a fun time

For a good six years

But I grew up and left

With my sister in tears

It has been

About seven years since that time

I am about to enter university

And play not with toys but rhymes

Still I can’t deny

That some of that kid is still in me

Look at all I write

I still try to be funny

Though the innocence of the time

Has slowly been lost

I guess in growing up

This is the cost

To learn more about the world

This is the price I have to pay

I can’t be a kid forever

That had to end someday

But I will always have

That golden memory

Of the times in Toyland together

My sister and I happy

Yet another phone cover

By May Kwek

My sister has gotten a new phone cover

It is gold and quite bright

No, I mean it literally

It fairly glows at night

By some electric mischief

It changes colour

First red then blue then green

And a great many other!

But the problem was

That it kept on glowing

And after a few hours

It was quite irritating

So my sister

In a fit of remorse

Took out the battery

And the glow is lost!

Ah my dear sister

What did you do?

Taking away the cover’s glow

Wasn’t that cruel of you?

What tomorrow brings

By May Kwek

A plant doesn’t choose where to grow

And neither did I

The sun doesn’t choose when to rise

Neither did I

I didn’t choose my place of birth

Nor my dear family

My friends came by accident

As did the joy they have brought me

My schools weren’t planned

Much less my difficulties

Nor how I was taught to deal with them

And life’s uncertainties

I didn’t groom my personality

Or my likes and dislikes

I didn’t choose my temperament

Or that in which my heart delights

Yet I have chosen

A path which to take

It is the most logical

That I can currently make

A suitable beginning

To the rest of the journey

But who I am I don’t know

Nor where this path will take me

The road ahead winds and curves

And I can’t choose or plan it

Who I meet, the opportunities I will have

Who can foretell it?

No I am not the captain of my fate

Much less the master of my soul

But at least my Lord is at the helm

And where he steers I’ll gladly go

Friday, May 2, 2014

The one that got away

By May Kwek

For years I have been chasing butterflies

Both in the afternoon and morning light

Watching them as they glide and fly

Studying their lovely flight

During all those years

I just seemed to know where they were

What would start them and cause them fear

What would let me draw near

So a few years ago

When school rules became more lax

I started to photograph them

As they sun bath and relax

I took many photos this way

Even of some I have never seen

Some which I never hoped I would

Even in my dreams

Then today I saw yet another

That I have never seen before

Pointed it out to my mother and father

And saw it standing tall

Then as I took out my camera

It quickly flew away

I followed it and tried harder

But still it wouldn't stay!

Then at last

I supposed I must have blinked

It was gone

Like a leaf in the wind!

I had not a clue

Where it went

I searched but could not find it

And I couldn't understand

Where on earth did it go?

The one that got away?

Really, where did it go?

And how did it get away?

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Friday, May 9, 2014

Yesterday's Toyland

Yet another phone cover

What tomorrow brings

Friday, May 2, 2014

The one that got away