I’ll wait

I’ll wait

By May Kwek

Man counts progress in hours

The Lord by years and a day

From the springs that grow into winters

Rather than the sun that fades away

Years though long seem short

Under his knowing eye

A chick that cries now for a moment

Becomes an eagle that flies

So now though it seems glum

And naught is as I planned

I can girdle myself to wait

Until I understand

That everything has a time

And everything has a moment

And until that time, that time

Don’t speak yet, listen!

For there’s a plan in action

Clicking in slowly by the days

From little words, thoughts, actions

That are thrown our way

At the right time they’ll fall in

Exactly as they should

But with a plan stretching years

Only at the exact moment they would

And until the last piece is in place

In days, weeks, years, decades

Because I know he has a plan

I can content myself to wait

Copyright © 2017 by May Kwek

Life’s path

Life’s path

By May Kwek

All are travelers on the road of time

Running over life's messy plains

Falling, stumbling, running, striving

Ending then seeking to run again

For our paths were counted

Long ere we knew they exist

The paths we took, those we forsook

All lead to the end as it is

And along the way we forgot

That we’re all going the same way

And both the strong and the weak

End with a last day

So we fought, we struggled

For the ephemeral success

Without a chance or a pause

To consider what’s truly best

We pushed fellow travelers aside

To the glories we ran!

Never cared, never looked

Just did everything we can

But the paths we travel

However long they might be

End in the same destination

Man’s fated destiny

Where all the glories we picked up

We’re forced to cast aside

And we are as we are

Without a place to hide

And at the time and at that end

There is no U-turn at the bend

So now though that time is far from me

What should I do on the path before me?

Copyright © 2017 by May Kwek

Dreaming in the night

Dreaming in the night

By May Kwek

Take me to the moon

High up amongst the stars

For when you dream touching the heavens

Dreams don’t seem so far

The stars twinkle down their good wishes

The night would lend its fancy

And dreams which were so vague

Begin to gain some clarity

The clouds shift their forms

Into the landscape of your dreams

And they seem so real, just beyond

Almost in reach it seems

And you could be content forever

High up in the air

Dreaming dreams with the stars

Without a thought or care

Unknowing to the passing hours

Or of the daylight’s morning ride

They don’t exist, there’s only

You, your dreams, the night

Until you float down to solid ground

As the sun rises and the moon bids adieu

But the hope you found so far above

Will always remain with you

Copyright © 2017 by May Kwek