The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden 

By May Kwek

Hidden away so no one can see

Is a place wild and free

Where the grasses grow everywhere

And the sun shines without a care

Where the Spring bursts out with a leap

There no man can find reason to weep

Where the summer is flowers in full bloom

And night is the beauty of the stars and moon

In there the waters are always clear

And in the wind God seems ever so near

Where the bright blue skies brings laughter to the eyes

And no one shall any reason to sigh

There the ivy creeps on the walls

And the mighty trees stand proud and tall

Where an invalid boy in the face of laughter

Can stand up and say, "I will get better!"

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

Hope's song

Hope’s song

By May Kwek

One day as I was moaning

About the troubles in my life

I heard a bird singing

That everything would be fine

It sang so wonderfully

 That I almost believed

But part of me still asked

How could this be?

But the song still sang

And put hope in the air

The silver lining it told me

 Must surely be there

To believe in the future

So that I could have today

To believe that the past is over

That it has gone away

I am still learning

But believe I eventually will

And when I look beside me

I see the singing bird still

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

The forest in a dream

The forest in a dream

By May Kwek

When life is hectic with its ups and downs

I’d like to take a trip out of town

To visit the forest in my dreams

And lay down beside the gentle stream

There all is quiet, peaceful and serene

Filled with wonders yet unseen

Where the only sound in the air

Is the gentle water flowing without a care

Around me are giants

Growing above the moss

And when the wind blows

Their leaves they gladly toss

There is a misty peace

Lingering in the air

And when the sun shines through the trees

Its glow it gladly shares

There I feel content

And my burdens I gladly shed

And deeper into the forest I go

Wherever I am led

I will explore and see

A great many things

Then finally by the stream

I will awake from my dream

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek 

Playing on the Star Wars Kinect

Playing on the Star Wars Kinect 

By May Kwek

Wow all I can say is this

That this is one of the best funs there is

I know I am girl but I won’t resist

It is too fun for me to desist

It’s great to wave the light sabre about

And to sometimes jump and shout

 To use the Force to make things fly

And never have to worry about being shy

To dodge and then quickly dash

To jump and take a well timed slash

To leap from high places and not take a fall

In fact I feel nothing at all!

But sadly I do get tired

Which is especially bad when blasters are fired

But never mind I’ll just swing my arms to deflect

And let sheer movement make up for what skills I lack!

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek 

Our own way to shine

Our own way to shine

By May Kwek

When I was a child who liked to mimic things

My parents would smile and sometimes wink

Then my sister would do something I could not do

And dare me to try and mimic that if I could

I would try and through experience find

That we each have our own ways to shine

So while I couldn’t stare the way she could

She could never twist her tongue the way I could

Now that we are older

 Things are pretty much the same

I am good at words

And she is good at games

So what’s up with those ideas?

That there is only one way to shine?

We each have our own strengths

And I have found mine

We each have our own path

The one that only we will take

So never mind those ego ideas

My own future I will make

I’ll work on what I am good at

And try to make it the best

I will find my own way to shine

And never mind about the rest

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek 

I cannot let hope die

I cannot let hope die

By May Kwek

Do you know those times?

When you try and always fail

When discouragement sets in

And you fear you never will?

Well I think I am a prey

To those dreary emotions

Because doing certain things

Is not in my disposition

But the longing never ceases

The feeling never leaves

There are times where I even

Wished I could fly away with the breeze

There are times I want to give up

And not even bother to try

But I find that I simply will not

Because I cannot let hope die

I will not let hope go

Though I improve but little every day

I will not let hope go

Because it is not the end I say

There’s still more for me to live

There’s still more for me to achieve

So I cannot let hope die away

No, I want it to stay

But I know it is hard

Harder than I can say

But I cannot simply stop

Because my nature is in my way

No, no, I will carry on

Though I fail I must be strong

I will always continue to try

Because I cannot let hope die

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek 

Let God

Let God

By May Kwek

Many times I have often been told

That in this dreary world we know

The most important thing is to use our minds

Or else life would not be kind

So blindly I have followed this rule

Whether at home or in school

Thinking about things day and night

Until they send me into a dreadful fright!

I could not find peace

I dared not trust

Cause when I did

Everything became a rush

People would shout out a billion things

You must do this and that and everything

How could I listen if they crowd my mind?

Among the noise what peace could I find?

And yet when I relied on my brain

Things became an awful shame

As it turned my thoughts against me

 And rebuked me for what I could but did not be

 So what could I do?

Trapped between the devil and the deep blue sea?

Either would spelt discontent

And on neither would I find peace

But I think I have found the secret

To give my mind a rest

And that is to not think too much

And let God do the rest

To throw aside the worries

And leave them at one side

And not wonder if I am doing

What I feel is right

I would never enjoy myself

If I am wondering if I am

And I would never make the journey

If I keep worrying about the end

So to live in the moment

However hard that might be

Is really what I feel

Would be the best option for me!

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek