tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76169613769763412082024-02-19T16:07:03.989-08:00Poems for youUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-42317754449910400532020-12-24T00:25:00.003-08:002020-12-24T00:25:19.470-08:00Christmas 2020<div style="text-align: center;"> Christmas 2020</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May K</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Empty chairs and vacant halls</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lonely streets and quiet malls</div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas is here, the façade's the same</div><div style="text-align: center;">But oh everything seems so changed</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Absence and echoes where there were none before</div><div style="text-align: center;">Missing footprints on the snow fall</div><div style="text-align: center;">A screen on a phone for a smile to our face</div><div style="text-align: center;">A meal alone instead of a gathering place</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh where's the Christmas heart and cheer?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where’s the spirit that rejoices the year?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where's the laughter? The joy? The fun?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where's the promise? Where's the Son?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes it feels to ask in vain</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the silent tomb of pain</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes it feels like empty space</div><div style="text-align: center;">Is all the fills this gathering place</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet as the lone meal is set</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hear a voice saying, “Don’t forget!”</div><div style="text-align: center;">And somehow it seems to me</div><div style="text-align: center;">This place isn’t quite so empty</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For a promise has filled the void</div><div style="text-align: center;">A remembrance I can’t avoid</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of times now past, of times to be</div><div style="text-align: center;">That our now is not eternity</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And at the table, across time and space</div><div style="text-align: center;">I see into that eternal place</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where all are gathered together as one</div><div style="text-align: center;">To celebrate the birth of the Son</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I see them there, our family</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unbroken by sorrow or misery</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cheers and laughter with glasses raised</div><div style="text-align: center;">The air singing with songs of praise</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A promise, a remembrance, as the vision fades</div><div style="text-align: center;">And before me the lone meal is laid</div><div style="text-align: center;">For though this moment we must be strong</div><div style="text-align: center;">It’s to that hope that we belong</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So as I sit alone, I’ll pray</div><div style="text-align: center;">And say thanks for this Christmas day</div><div style="text-align: center;">For that promise to which I hold on</div><div style="text-align: center;">And Thank God for my savior was born</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas, Everyone. Still. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: vollkorn; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2020 by Kwek Yi Zhen</span></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-17645659461035046872020-02-22T23:09:00.004-08:002020-02-22T23:09:59.495-08:00The Chair beneath the Tree<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Chair beneath the Tree<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May K.</span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">How forlorn that chair is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Resting there on its own<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">How sad and grim it is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That companionable seat, alone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There ought to be a soul there<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Content beneath the tree<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Where with the souls of nature<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It could be set free<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Or perhaps two souls could rest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On that plain old chair<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For to talk of pasts and of futures<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Requires a charming air<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Or maybe three could cast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A lovely and joyful spell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One for the past, one for the present<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And one for the future as well<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But whatever it is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Leave not this chair alone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For a place meant for others<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Should never be on its own</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-43589578282498242202020-02-15T23:17:00.001-08:002020-02-15T23:20:14.903-08:00Hoping and waiting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>Hoping and Waiting</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May K</span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Days come and nights pass<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The sun rises and the moon sets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Time flows with terrible consistency<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And all is soon! But not yet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Not yet. The time has not come<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But who knows when it will?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For how long will I stand by the door<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And continue waiting still?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For a sign, for a promise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For a tomorrow I still believe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Will come if I keep on waiting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And grant my heart some relief<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For it’s burdened with hope as I stand<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Waiting at the door<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And until the last second falls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I’ll hope and hope some more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In spite of fears, in spite of doubts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For hope’s a tenacious beast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That has latched onto my heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">With a hold it will not release<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But oh it’s trying to wait<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To see the sunset and nothing more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To let hope fade and then grow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So I can wait some more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To fall with pain, to sooth with sighs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To stand up with a persistent smile<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But I’ve done it for years<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What more’s a little while?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So I’ll stand by the door<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For lo! Tomorrow’s coming<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And so long as it comes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I’ll keep on hoping and waiting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-84309720008766611882019-06-02T18:47:00.000-07:002019-06-06T18:47:55.944-07:00Castles in the Sky<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>Castles in the Sky</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I should like to lie in a garden<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And look up at the sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Where the clouds would freely roam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And the gentle birds would fly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I would watch the changing colours<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The varying shades of blue<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And when the sunset comes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The reds and yellows too<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The sun would shine his radiant rays<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In bursts of angelic light<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The sky would seem a paradise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Singing in glows dreamlike<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And I shall watch and I shall see<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The clouds and time roll by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And while watching spent a while<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Building castles in the sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-37011612322212660052019-05-18T18:46:00.000-07:002019-06-06T18:46:48.456-07:00Winds of Memory<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The wind sings with memory<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And I remember each time and place<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When I closed my eyes in appreciation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As it blessed me with its grace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For as it whipped through my changing hair<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And sang into my ear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That old song that has never ceased<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Throughout the changing years<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I saw walks alone in gardens<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Or amidst bustling crowds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I saw peaceful times at home<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Or times by streets loud<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I lived as a child again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As carefree as the sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I lived as a youth once more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Growing wings to fly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And the wind brought back these times<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">With a smile upon my face<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And though I stood and moved not<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I breathed in many a time and place</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>What God is</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">People tell me in times of trouble<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To trust in God above<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That he would give me what I want<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">With kindness and with love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Well forgive me my skepticism<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For I’ve read too many tales<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To believe God will do as I want<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And that he always will<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Abraham was promised a son<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">He had to wait so many years<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Jacob, his claim to his birthright<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But only after much pain and tears<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Everyone would bow to Joseph<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But first he bowed as a slave<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Moses was to lead a nation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But narrowly escaped the grave<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Job was to lose everything<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And then regain it all<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ruth would be the mother of Kings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But lose her husband and more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">David was anointed King<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But ended up running for his life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And if that wasn’t enough<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">He actually did it twice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Elijah was the prophet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Who would never know death<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But in life was alone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Without friends and bereft<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So don’t say because my prayers aren’t answered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That it means I’m alone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Is the God who gives me all I ask<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The only God I’ve known?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Paul was executed <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And Peter too<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Mary was shamed <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Would you say God left them too?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For I know he never left<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In trials he was by their side<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And you know God is never wrong<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Somehow this must be right<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So don’t tell me God will do as I want<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For the years have taught me this<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I will not trust in what God does<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I will trust in what God is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>A careful view</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The sunset slants into the halls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Turning gold the exquisite walls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Illuminating the gentle arches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As nearby sway the tree’s branches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By a table, two people rest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Drinks in hand, dressed to impress<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A book lies carelessly on the table<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unintentionally, to them label<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The scions of society, the best of the best<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Rich, relaxed, and with no stress<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Able to enjoy with ample leisure<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The evening and the sunset’s pleasures<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I saw them as I hurried along<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Moving to the pace of a working man’s gong<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And in brief folly wanted to be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Exactly as they seemed to be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But then I turned to the view<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They seemed to enjoy in their purview<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And saw a road and common stacks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A certain charm it certainly lacked<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But perhaps it was aptly placed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To remind these people of their place<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Standing on high with nothing they lack<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Supported by many an aching back</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-76299394705929651812019-02-22T22:17:00.003-08:002019-02-22T22:17:36.946-08:00Choices<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>Choices</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To each one’s fortunes it is given<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A little of hell, a little of heaven<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That their choice they might decide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And choose as their wills might<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But it’s a choice shrouded in mists<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bad roads to mountains, good roads to cliffs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What seems good ends up a waste<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And the good has a bitter taste<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The hours pass and life runs down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">While the choices run round and round<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Yet time is the only way to see<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What each choice was really meant to be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Perhaps that’s why the young aren’t wise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">With too much time to blind their eyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">While the aged though their years are spent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Each choice’s true nature comprehend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So now young I to my fortune am given<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A little of hell, a little of heaven<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But how to choose what’s bitter but right?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I guess I’ll borrowed aged wisdom’s sight</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-62847033518412409962019-01-20T18:07:00.000-08:002019-01-27T05:14:36.942-08:00The Fallen Meadow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>The Fallen Meadow</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They were off to war! The merry men<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">At long last, to bring an end<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To their enemy, that hated race<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And return home in song and praise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By day they crossed long mountain roads<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Their nights were filled with glory and hope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For they were a brave and noble power<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And this, now, was their hour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then they came across a blooming meadow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And their forms cast a dreadful shadow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On the blooms; pure, bright and fine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That in the sun, did glow and shine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They paused, for it was in their way<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They could not go, they could not stay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Beyond was their dreams of glory<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But before them was a living story<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For a long time, they stood and looked<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Till, at last, the General spoke<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Onward men! For the greater good!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And the blossoms were trampled underfoot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They went, they won, they returned in praise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Many toasts in their name were raised<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But the meadow they trampled in their power<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Never again bloomed a single flower<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-14370476843345530152019-01-07T03:56:00.001-08:002019-01-07T03:56:22.843-08:00A Million Cranes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-SG"><u>A Million Cranes</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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By May Kwek</div>
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<span lang="EN-SG"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Fold
me a million cranes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">A
thousand is not enough<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">To
get by in this crazy world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">So
unpredictable and rough<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">For
it winds and it bends<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">In
shadows and in mists<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Nothing
clear, nothing certain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">But
that it exists<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">So yes
fold me a thousand cranes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">And
then a thousand times more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">For
with so many living wings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">I’m
sure no one could fall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">For
their wings could bear up a dream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">And
spark a perennial hope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">And with
stubborn dreams despite anguish<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">And
with faith we can cope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">And
find a way to go on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Despite
the trials of life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">The
dark moments, the silence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">The
conflicts and the strife<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">So
yes fold me a million cranes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">And
give them wings to fly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Up
to the heavens to shine as stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Against
the world’s night sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">And
there let them fly forever<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Yes,
forever and a day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Until
our faith is strong enough<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">To
bring us the rest of the way<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Vollkorn; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2019 by May Kwek</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-19870306467239836472018-12-30T04:15:00.000-08:002018-12-30T04:16:10.923-08:00Confronting Time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Confronting Time</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh ask me not, not today</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">For my spirits have quite flown away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It flew out the window, into open air</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And where it went, I know not where</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">For it told me not before it left</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And it's left me quite bereft</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">For here I have to sit alone</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And to the hours quietly roam</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The hours pass, where've they gone?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For time just ticks on and on</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And it cares not what I have to say</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I cannot plead it to stay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh time! Oh time! Oh ruinous time!</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thou shall be my enemy I find</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">For you steal from pleasure and add to woes</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">When I find that you must go</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And leave me not with a quiet hour</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To just enjoy the present's power</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I rush from task to task</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It did not seem too much to ask</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But no, you will not listen to me</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You cannot talk, you only flee</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Treating my words as if not heard</span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh time, you're a hopeless coward!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-81345523956612803782018-11-11T03:10:00.003-08:002018-11-11T03:10:58.561-08:00A Rainy Afternoon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>A Rainy Afternoon</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The rain hums just outside<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The world’s cast in a grey light<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As the clouds shift in the
unshifting sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And the wind passes sleepily by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The air is cool, the breeze is sweet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The earth and rain in rhythm meet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To form a soothing symphony<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Which fills the ears so pleasantly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To this stage bold birds fly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Between the rain, against the sky!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And to those peering through windows<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Their forms appear as darting
shadows<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That dance and rise, that swoop and
fall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There for a moment or maybe not at
all<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For the rain provides its own
curtain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And behind its veils the dancers are
hidden<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Till the rain eases and all we can
see<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The buildings, the people, the
birds, the trees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And with one last chord that strains
and falls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The symphony sounds its final call<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For the wind soars high and blows
away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The clouds to rain another day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And as they drift away without a
care<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They leave a memory that they were
there<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-26112010307048103662018-10-08T23:25:00.001-07:002018-10-08T23:26:32.304-07:00The Train Station<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>The Train Station</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p><br /></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 264.75pt; text-align: center;">
<o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></div>
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I
wait at the station<o:p></o:p></div>
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My
ticket in my hand<o:p></o:p></div>
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For
this paper tears and sweat<o:p></o:p></div>
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And
years of my life were spent<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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So
now I can take a train<o:p></o:p></div>
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And
go off into the unknown<o:p></o:p></div>
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To
the places I’ve never seen<o:p></o:p></div>
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And
every hope that’s grown<o:p></o:p></div>
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A
train arrives clad in gold<o:p></o:p></div>
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It
brightly shimmers and shines<o:p></o:p></div>
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Surely
it must go somewhere<o:p></o:p></div>
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Really
great and fine<o:p></o:p></div>
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I
hand the conductor my ticket<o:p></o:p></div>
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He
does not allow me inside<o:p></o:p></div>
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For
he says my ticket<o:p></o:p></div>
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For
this train isn’t right<o:p></o:p></div>
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So
with regret I watch the train go<o:p></o:p></div>
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And
vanish into the mists<o:p></o:p></div>
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And
wait for yet another<o:p></o:p></div>
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Certain
there’ll be nothing amidst<o:p></o:p></div>
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A
train of silver comes<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sparkling
like a dime<o:p></o:p></div>
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I
hand the conductor my ticket<o:p></o:p></div>
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But
this train isn’t mine<o:p></o:p></div>
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So
I go back to waiting<o:p></o:p></div>
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Watching
people come and go<o:p></o:p></div>
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So
many board, all going somewhere<o:p></o:p></div>
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While
I am waiting so<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 264.75pt; text-align: center;">
Stuck
on the platform<o:p></o:p></div>
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Watching
wrong trains go pass<o:p></o:p></div>
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Platinum,
diamond, even lead<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hoping
they’ll be mine at last<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 264.75pt; text-align: center;">
But
they’re not and I have to watch<o:p></o:p></div>
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As
I stay despondently still<o:p></o:p></div>
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Watching
as people move on and go<o:p></o:p></div>
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And
wondering if I ever will<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Again
and again I try<o:p></o:p></div>
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But
the answer always seems to be<o:p></o:p></div>
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“This
train does not go where you’re going”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“So
wait for the next please”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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So
I wait and I wait<o:p></o:p></div>
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Agony
eating at my soul<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve
spent my life on this ticket<o:p></o:p></div>
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Is
it as worthless as fools’ gold?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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But
each conductor tells me wait<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
train that is mine will pass<o:p></o:p></div>
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For
surely this stillness in time<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cannot
forever last<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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And
finally a train rolls in<o:p></o:p></div>
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Its
carriages beaten and old<o:p></o:p></div>
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I
hesitatingly hand in my ticket<o:p></o:p></div>
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And
up on board I go<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Surely
there must be some mistake<o:p></o:p></div>
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This
train is a wreck<o:p></o:p></div>
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I
did not work for years<o:p></o:p></div>
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To
ride in something like that!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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But
then the train leaves the station<o:p></o:p></div>
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And
where others turn right it goes left<o:p></o:p></div>
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Out
of the concealing mists<o:p></o:p></div>
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That
leave so many bereft<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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It
leaves it all behind<o:p></o:p></div>
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And
ahead I see fields of gold<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh.
Now I understand<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">That’s where I’m meant to go</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-61640741764653009012018-10-08T23:23:00.003-07:002018-10-08T23:25:24.979-07:00A Life Lived<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>A Life Lived</u></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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Eat and drink for
tomorrow we die<o:p></o:p></div>
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So the old saying
goes<o:p></o:p></div>
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But how can food and
drink ever satisfy<o:p></o:p></div>
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The constantly
yearning soul?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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With its yearning for
the beyond<o:p></o:p></div>
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And dreams of the
blue sky<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of the stars and all
its wonders<o:p></o:p></div>
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Where dear wishes
could fly<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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With its hopes for
tomorrow<o:p></o:p></div>
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And its fears for
today<o:p></o:p></div>
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With its constant
wish for a light<o:p></o:p></div>
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To show one the way<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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With its aching for a
kind word<o:p></o:p></div>
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And hearts which
understand<o:p></o:p></div>
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With its inexplicable
desire<o:p></o:p></div>
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To reach out and lend
a hand<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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For all these a soul
yearns<o:p></o:p></div>
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In words felt but
unspoken<o:p></o:p></div>
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But if one could
simply reach out<o:p></o:p></div>
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And to the heart’s
beat listen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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They’ll know food and
drink won’t satisfy<o:p></o:p></div>
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For a soul needs so
much more<o:p></o:p></div>
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And to give it all up
for brief pleasure<o:p></o:p></div>
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Is to die before
death falls<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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So yes tomorrow we
die<o:p></o:p></div>
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But let us at least have
this<o:p></o:p></div>
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A life not shrouded
in mindless pleasure<o:p></o:p></div>
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But a life lived!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-46159611585095687542018-10-08T23:15:00.002-07:002018-10-08T23:25:35.635-07:00Mars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>Mars</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Lightning strikes, the wind blows<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The leaves on high are laid down
low<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And in the gap of sky amongst the
stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There shines alone, the planet Mars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Silent it watches the battle below<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A flash and with it, a million
souls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Cries and shouts as the thunder
roars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Agony, pain and so much more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The battle rages and men cry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Spirits wilt and spirits die<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To overcome the need to flee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Seems beyond a soul like me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I look up, up to the sky!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To Mars shining aloof on high<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And as I girdle myself to run and
flee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I tell Mars sometimes it’s destiny<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It remains silent, it won’t reply<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Nor descend from the night sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There’s no change in its red light<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As it shines on the battle tonight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Yet as it gazes down on the field<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I feel a spirit that will not yield<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Always strong in the face of pain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Which falls only to stand again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Down it looks, down on me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And in its light there glows
eternity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And a strength within I gain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To raise the sword once again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Mars! Mars! That unconquerable soul<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Shining on high to those below<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unmoved by fears whatever the age<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The shining hope of courage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-80710641078900227212018-10-08T23:14:00.001-07:002018-10-08T23:25:47.270-07:00The Mirror’s Smile<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><u>The Mirror’s Smile</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I met a mirror today<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And it waved back at me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A smile graced its face <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And I wondered how could it be?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So I asked it and it laughed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Before it sat me down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And asked me, really<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What was the reason for my frown?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So I sighed and I answered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a tale of my woes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of a world dark and battered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Torturous to behold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of clouds of grey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And stormy wintry nights<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of sadness and of pain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of illness and of fright<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I then looked at the mirror<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And I did not expect to see<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A smile still on its face<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Was staring back at me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And then it looked to the sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Where the warming sun shone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Tomorrow” it whispered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Will bring another dawn”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For it cared not for grey skies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And it could bear any pain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So long as tomorrow the sun rose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It would battle and stay sane<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And so the mirror looked at me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Without a single trace of guile<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Before it softly whispered to me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Courage dear heart and smile”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-25111598910294472562018-08-20T00:10:00.003-07:002018-08-20T00:10:27.901-07:00Dancing leaves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>Dancing leaves</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The wind blew today<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As I stood beneath the
trees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And I saw a single leaf
fall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To the whispering of the
breeze<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Small and light it was<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Green without a care<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It left the mother
branch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And leapt into the air<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The wind caught it as it
flew<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And danced in flight's
ecstasy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Glimmering it shone in
the shifting lights<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sparkling for all to see<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The others must have
seen it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For its joy was simple
and plain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And they joined it in
the air<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Till leaves danced like
rain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And so the wind blew
today<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As I stood between the
trees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And the leaves heard its
song</span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And leapt to its melody<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-40671324202245349302018-08-20T00:08:00.003-07:002018-08-20T00:09:06.223-07:00The Bridge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>The Bridge</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Here on the forest bridge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I quietly sit and stare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">At the leaves and the rippling
stream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">At the life everywhere<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Some children run pass me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Waving as they go<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Off they are to adventures<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Daring, brave and bold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A young man returns<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">His eyes determined and grave<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">He is off to make his fortune<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">He says so as he waves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A young couple then come by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Lost in each other’s eyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They don’t see me in their dreaming<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But that is no surprise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The moss grows on the stones<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As the people come and go<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">From budding leaves to summer
flowers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Autumn leaves turn cold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Till at last an old man comes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And sits by my side<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Looking about him in wonder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">At all in his sight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“It’s beautiful” he says<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In a voice soft and low<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“How have I never seen this?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For I’ve passed here often so”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And so we sit side by side<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Where the river’s song does not
cease<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And there on the bridge between
moments</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We rest in contented peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-75049935869640591822018-05-20T19:16:00.002-07:002018-05-20T19:16:33.550-07:00Stars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>Stars</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p><br /></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Each night I stand at
my window<o:p></o:p></div>
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Looking for the stars<o:p></o:p></div>
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Those sparkles of
dreams and of fire!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So close yet so far<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the scattered
night they smile at me<o:p></o:p></div>
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In playfulness they
wave<o:p></o:p></div>
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Out of the inky
blackness<o:p></o:p></div>
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At once solemn and
grave<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Yet the night has no
power<o:p></o:p></div>
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Over these points of
light<o:p></o:p></div>
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Scattered and hidden
maybe<o:p></o:p></div>
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But they shine ever
so bright<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh dear stars
twinkling in the night<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shine on as hope’s
beacon light! <o:p></o:p></div>
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For if you can shine
in depths so dark<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then I too, can take
heart<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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For in your twinkling
lights I finally see<o:p></o:p></div>
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Why the sky is dotted
with memory<o:p></o:p></div>
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For when night comes,
and it must<o:p></o:p></div>
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We must have a light
in which we trust<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-21012845754186874942018-03-31T22:13:00.000-07:002018-03-31T22:13:26.649-07:00Rejoice! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><u>Rejoice!</u> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">By May Kwek</span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Trumpets sound
and angels sing!</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Behold the triumph of the King!</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Death is gone! It’s passed away!</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Rejoice creation! In today!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">What is death? What is sin?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">But an open cage we are locked in?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">The Lord has procured the key</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Rejoice and praise! We are free!</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Rejoice Man! Make a joyful sound!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">That can be
heard in the whole world round!</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">The sacrifice
made by our great Master</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Has made him our loving Father!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Rejoice you new sons and daughters! </span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Have faith all you ceaseless doubters!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">For the one who
for all in love died</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Does not sleep in a grave tonight!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Barriers are gone! They are torn away!</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Nothing save ourselves stands in our way</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Rejoice creation! For his goodness has shown</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">That because of
today, we are his own</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;">Yes creation, rejoice! Rejoice!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;">Shout out with a mighty voice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;">Fill the air with songs and
praise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;">For today the Son was raised!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;">Happy Easter!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-79897863372451525882018-03-30T03:26:00.000-07:002018-03-30T03:26:45.478-07:00Good Friday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<u>Good Friday</u><o:p></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<o:p><br /></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
It’s Good Friday
today<o:p></o:p></div>
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Good! Oh why?<o:p></o:p></div>
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For on this day so
many wept<o:p></o:p></div>
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And the heavens cried<o:p></o:p></div>
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A man who had done no
wrong<o:p></o:p></div>
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Had to walk to his
death<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bloody, bowed and in
pain<o:p></o:p></div>
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With every single
breath<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Good? It did not seem
good<o:p></o:p></div>
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It must have been an
awful day<o:p></o:p></div>
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For those who
followed him<o:p></o:p></div>
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As he walked that
lonely way<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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To that dreaded hill<o:p></o:p></div>
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And on a cross hung<o:p></o:p></div>
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To be mocked and
killed<o:p></o:p></div>
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With hate from sin
sprung<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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To suffer, to be torn
away<o:p></o:p></div>
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From the one he loves
most<o:p></o:p></div>
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To die in the midst
of shame<o:p></o:p></div>
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Was what he chose<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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So why Good? Why
Good?<o:p></o:p></div>
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It would not be good
at all<o:p></o:p></div>
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If the work had ended
there<o:p></o:p></div>
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And there was nothing
more<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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But it was not the
end<o:p></o:p></div>
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Just the darkness
before the dawn<o:p></o:p></div>
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The willing sacrifice<o:p></o:p></div>
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That brought about
the morn<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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For with his last cry<o:p></o:p></div>
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Death’s power fell
away<o:p></o:p></div>
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The devil lost his
grip on the world<o:p></o:p></div>
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Over which he had
held sway<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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For the veil had split
in two<o:p></o:p></div>
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And our debt ceased
to be<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh that blessed day<o:p></o:p></div>
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When my Lord died for
me!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-73546055057427858972018-03-28T07:03:00.001-07:002018-03-28T07:03:21.061-07:00A birthday’s joy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>A birthday’s joy</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p><br /></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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The sun rose bright
today<o:p></o:p></div>
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Even as it set my
latest year<o:p></o:p></div>
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Warm and good it was<o:p></o:p></div>
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So bright and so
clear<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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The day seemed
perfect<o:p></o:p></div>
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The sun shone so
bright<o:p></o:p></div>
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The birds chirped in
the trees<o:p></o:p></div>
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And the wind was
swift and light<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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I was surprised by
well wishes<o:p></o:p></div>
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From so many today<o:p></o:p></div>
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I had never expected<o:p></o:p></div>
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The many that came my
way<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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So yes it was good
day<o:p></o:p></div>
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But even if it was
not<o:p></o:p></div>
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And the skies were
dark and grey<o:p></o:p></div>
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And everyone forgot<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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The smile I wore<o:p></o:p></div>
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Would still grace my
face<o:p></o:p></div>
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Even if to all else<o:p></o:p></div>
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It seemed out of
place<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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For I borrowed it not
from the sun<o:p></o:p></div>
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I did not need its
mirth<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nor from the trees
and the flowers<o:p></o:p></div>
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That bloomed from the
earth<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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It sprung not from
the well wishes<o:p></o:p></div>
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I gratefully received<o:p></o:p></div>
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It did not come from
the blessings today<o:p></o:p></div>
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As others may believe<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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For the joy I felt
came not<o:p></o:p></div>
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From my happy
circumstance<o:p></o:p></div>
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What’s based on fact
cannot<o:p></o:p></div>
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Be swayed by winds of
chance<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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For its roots were
planted years ago<o:p></o:p></div>
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And today when I
beheld the morn<o:p></o:p></div>
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I thanked God for his
blessing<o:p></o:p></div>
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The gift that I was
born<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-29485194252773994862018-03-28T07:01:00.003-07:002018-03-28T07:01:54.816-07:00A redwood’s time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>A redwood’s time<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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<o:p><br /></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Strong, alone but not
alone<o:p></o:p></div>
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In a forest of equals
I stand<o:p></o:p></div>
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Reaching for the
heavens<o:p></o:p></div>
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With all that I am<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Centuries pass in a
blink<o:p></o:p></div>
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Forever lives in a
day<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve seen empires
rise and fall<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve seen men born
and passed away<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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And yet here am I<o:p></o:p></div>
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Standing in the light<o:p></o:p></div>
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Away from the world’s
troubles<o:p></o:p></div>
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Serene and bright<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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The centuries
which’ve passed<o:p></o:p></div>
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And their troubles
seem so small<o:p></o:p></div>
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For they lived but for
a moment<o:p></o:p></div>
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And still! I stand
tall<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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What is a day<o:p></o:p></div>
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In a thousand years?<o:p></o:p></div>
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What’s a brief cloud<o:p></o:p></div>
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For centuries clear?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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What of the fire that
burns?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Though it scars my
side?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Will my leaves still
not shine?<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the morning light?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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For they can touch me
not<o:p></o:p></div>
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They which do not
last<o:p></o:p></div>
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Except in clouded
memories<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of an inconsequential
past<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Oh look on me you men<o:p></o:p></div>
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For in my years
you’ll see<o:p></o:p></div>
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How fleeting your
troubling moments<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the face of
eternity<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-49407057823694454182018-03-28T07:00:00.000-07:002018-03-28T07:00:15.682-07:00I've been there<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>I've been there</u></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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“Look at that land
over there”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The others with me
cried<o:p></o:p></div>
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“It looks so bare, so
empty<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hidden from the light”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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“Who goes there?” They
asked<o:p></o:p></div>
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And a voice answered
from the air<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Those who don’t
belong<o:p></o:p></div>
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Are banished over
there”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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A shiver went down
their spines<o:p></o:p></div>
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And they stayed away<o:p></o:p></div>
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The barren land a
haunting memory<o:p></o:p></div>
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Every single day<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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They huddled together
in groups<o:p></o:p></div>
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Each trying to be the
same<o:p></o:p></div>
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To not belong was a
horror<o:p></o:p></div>
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A fear without a
name!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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So anyone who couldn’t
be<o:p></o:p></div>
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Who just wouldn’t
belong<o:p></o:p></div>
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Were cast aside
quickly<o:p></o:p></div>
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For indeed, they must
be wrong!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
So no one noticed
when I left<o:p></o:p></div>
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Never to return<o:p></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Except the voice who whispered
to me<o:p></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
“Why won’t you learn?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
“See that land over there?<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s desolate and
cold<o:p></o:p></div>
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The chill bites not
your bones<o:p></o:p></div>
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But even your soul”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
“You will be sent
there soon<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you don’t hurry
and join the rest<o:p></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
It’s easy, just be
the same<o:p></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
And your true self
repress”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
I turned to reply<o:p></o:p></div>
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And the voice seemed
surprised<o:p></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
As I turned towards
the land<o:p></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
And a smile met my
eyes<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
“Oh Fear,” I replied<o:p></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
To that voice in the
air<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You can’t scare me
with that<o:p></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
You see, I’ve been
there”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616961376976341208.post-13334419642826682122018-03-03T21:57:00.002-08:002018-03-03T22:10:44.144-08:00The swift night<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>The swift night</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">By May Kwek</span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I saw the moon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Race across the sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Faster that the swiftest
bird<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Could ever dream to fly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">"Where are you
going?" I asked<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">"Why hurry along
your way?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">"Because I am
running," it replied<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">"To bring back the
day."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">"Not so soon,"
I cried<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">"The day can afford
to wait.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Not so,” declared the
moon,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“It can never ever be
late.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And with wings of purest
silver<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The moon flew across the
sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And the night was gone
in a blink<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As I started to wave
goodbye<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek</span></div>
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