Poems for you: March 2018

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Rejoice!

By May Kwek

Trumpets sound and angels sing!
Behold the triumph of the King!
Death is gone! It’s passed away!
Rejoice creation! In today!

What is death? What is sin?
But an open cage we are locked in?
The Lord has procured the key
Rejoice and praise! We are free!

Rejoice Man! Make a joyful sound!

That can be heard in the whole world round!

The sacrifice made by our great Master
Has made him our loving Father!

Rejoice you new sons and daughters!
Have faith all you ceaseless doubters!

For the one who for all in love died
Does not sleep in a grave tonight!

Barriers are gone! They are torn away!
Nothing save ourselves stands in our way
Rejoice creation! For his goodness has shown

That because of today, we are his own

Yes creation, rejoice! Rejoice!

Shout out with a mighty voice

Fill the air with songs and praise

For today the Son was raised!

Happy Easter!

Friday, March 30, 2018

Good Friday

By May Kwek

It’s Good Friday today

Good! Oh why?

For on this day so many wept

And the heavens cried

A man who had done no wrong

Had to walk to his death

Bloody, bowed and in pain

With every single breath

Good? It did not seem good

It must have been an awful day

For those who followed him

As he walked that lonely way

To that dreaded hill

And on a cross hung

To be mocked and killed

With hate from sin sprung

To suffer, to be torn away

From the one he loves most

To die in the midst of shame

Was what he chose

So why Good? Why Good?

It would not be good at all

If the work had ended there

And there was nothing more

But it was not the end

Just the darkness before the dawn

The willing sacrifice

That brought about the morn

For with his last cry

Death’s power fell away

The devil lost his grip on the world

Over which he had held sway

For the veil had split in two

And our debt ceased to be

Oh that blessed day

When my Lord died for me!

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

A birthday’s joy

By May Kwek

The sun rose bright today

Even as it set my latest year

Warm and good it was

So bright and so clear

The day seemed perfect

The sun shone so bright

The birds chirped in the trees

And the wind was swift and light

I was surprised by well wishes

From so many today

I had never expected

The many that came my way

So yes it was good day

But even if it was not

And the skies were dark and grey

And everyone forgot

The smile I wore

Would still grace my face

Even if to all else

It seemed out of place

For I borrowed it not from the sun

I did not need its mirth

Nor from the trees and the flowers

That bloomed from the earth

It sprung not from the well wishes

I gratefully received

It did not come from the blessings today

As others may believe

For the joy I felt came not

From my happy circumstance

What’s based on fact cannot

Be swayed by winds of chance

For its roots were planted years ago

And today when I beheld the morn

I thanked God for his blessing

The gift that I was born

A redwood’s time

By May Kwek

Strong, alone but not alone

In a forest of equals I stand

Reaching for the heavens

With all that I am

Centuries pass in a blink

Forever lives in a day

I’ve seen empires rise and fall

I’ve seen men born and passed away

And yet here am I

Standing in the light

Away from the world’s troubles

Serene and bright

The centuries which’ve passed

And their troubles seem so small

For they lived but for a moment

And still! I stand tall

What is a day

In a thousand years?

What’s a brief cloud

For centuries clear?

What of the fire that burns?

Though it scars my side?

Will my leaves still not shine?

In the morning light?

For they can touch me not

They which do not last

Except in clouded memories

Of an inconsequential past

Oh look on me you men

For in my years you’ll see

How fleeting your troubling moments

In the face of eternity

I've been there

By May Kwek

“Look at that land over there”

The others with me cried

“It looks so bare, so empty

Hidden from the light”

“Who goes there?” They asked

And a voice answered from the air

“Those who don’t belong

Are banished over there”

A shiver went down their spines

And they stayed away

The barren land a haunting memory

Every single day

They huddled together in groups

Each trying to be the same

To not belong was a horror

A fear without a name!

So anyone who couldn’t be

Who just wouldn’t belong

Were cast aside quickly

For indeed, they must be wrong!

So no one noticed when I left

Never to return

Except the voice who whispered to me

“Why won’t you learn?”

“See that land over there?

It’s desolate and cold

The chill bites not your bones

But even your soul”

“You will be sent there soon

If you don’t hurry and join the rest

It’s easy, just be the same

And your true self repress”

I turned to reply

And the voice seemed surprised

As I turned towards the land

And a smile met my eyes

“Oh Fear,” I replied

To that voice in the air

“You can’t scare me with that

You see, I’ve been there”

Saturday, March 3, 2018

The swift night

By May Kwek

I saw the moon

Race across the sky

Faster that the swiftest bird

Could ever dream to fly

"Where are you going?" I asked

"Why hurry along your way?"

"Because I am running," it replied

"To bring back the day."

"Not so soon," I cried

"The day can afford to wait.”

“Not so,” declared the moon,

“It can never ever be late.”

And with wings of purest silver

The moon flew across the sky

And the night was gone in a blink

As I started to wave goodbye

The forest stream

By May Kwek

Let us pause here my friend

Where the trees and waters meet

Where the air is silent and clear

And the breeze is sweet

For look the forest stream flows

Treading through the trees

From the highest mountains it roams

To the intrepid seas

Oh how different the forest is

From the shinning shore

The stream shall know the forest’s quiet

And the ocean’s roar!

Yet listen to its song

So joyful and light in the sun

In the moment that it is here

The forest and it are one

Its sparkle lights the gentle banks

And carries the fallen leaves

And the song which it plays forever

Is the tune of the breeze

In this moment, yes a moment

A moment is eternity

For the sea is miles away

And all around are trees

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