Talking to nature

Talking to nature

By May Kwek

Hello wind, are you having a good day?

Why yes how nice to see you today!

It’s been a while old friend would you sing me a song?

Yes until the day and night grow long

Hello sun! Are you having fun?

You were always a funny child young one

I rather like it at least I can hear you

Yes and feel my warm rays too

Hello my dear trees how are the skies?

Bright blue and the clouds are shy

I would fix that but how are you?

With birds in their nest could I be blue?

I suppose not but flowers I do wish to see

Child, climb up and search me

Hello flowers! You’re so pretty and pink!

Yes I am so happy I could blink!

Blink? What do you mean?

I mean to open and close in a team!

Ah now the wind is calling me what does it say?

Child you should stay in for today

Why? The day is nice and hardly plain

Child breathe deep I bring rain

Oh dear then I must go. Would you wait for me?

I am the wind and shall be by the sea

Alright then goodbye my friends!

Goodbye child we shall see you again!

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

Irritation

Irritation

By May Kwek

The world’s a funny funny place

Well, yes in a way

The world’s a funny funny place

You said that yesterday

The world’s a funny funny place

Are you trying to be funny?

The world’s a funny funny place

An unlikely story

The world’s a funny funny place

Are you pretending to be sad?

The world’s a funny funny place

Does my expression make you glad?

The world’s a funny funny place

Is there any peace to be had?

The world’s a funny funny place

Ok that’s it! Stop that!

(Silence)

The world’s a funny funny place

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

A Discovery

A Discovery

By May Kwek

It was a usual hot and sunny day

But walking by the plants was always my way

So walking by a leafy patch

A bright orange I did catch

So I took a step back

And so found what made me glad!

A tawny coster sitting among the leaves

Time for a moment seemed to cease

Each gentle twitch

Each silent movement

Seemed lovelier than all I’ve seen

In my many lessons

Its bright orange shone

Like a blazing fire

And though it stayed still

It could rise higher

But it just stayed there

Snacking on a flower

And I quickly realized

That a photo was in my power

And so I took several

Happy for a time

With butterflies and the sun

Everything shines

And the photo above you see

Is the butterfly I found

And don’t you agree with me

That it’s a glad sight when you’re down?

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

   

Gardens by the Bay

Gardens by the Bay

By May Kwek

Recently I visited

The Gardens by the Bay

And honestly I feel

That I like it better during the day

I have seen the super trees

With their spider web branches

And I have seen the baskets

For the picnic lunches

The heritage gardens are splendid

And its features are quite fine

There are so many flowers

That I kept some to call mine!

There are caves in holes

And walks among the trees

Also many others things

Which I have not yet seen

At night the super trees glow

With brightly coloured specks

With very interesting colours

And I don’t know what to expect

I have yet to visit the domes

But I am sure they will be fine

In fact from the pictures

They certainly seem to shine!

So maybe I will go again

If I can find the time

And get there before

The crowd leaves me behind

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

When words fail

When words fail

By May Kwek

It’s odd to have words

And be unable to speak

When you feel so much emotion

And there’s something you seek

But you can’t write and you can’t sing

You simply can’t express a thing

Because it just simply feels

Like you’re in a cart without the wheels

When words fail what should I do?

To my thoughts I want to remain true

And yet when words fail what can I say?

I need to find another way

To keep my words simple

And yet explain the profound

To sing a song

Without making a sound

It is hard to write

When my words fail

But if God helps me

Perhaps I still will

So when words fail

What should I do?

But to try again

Until I finally do?

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

Wishing to see

Wishing to see

By May Kwek

There are things I have hardly seen

And most definitely have never been

But I really wish I would someday

If fate would put the chance my way

Such as the mountains

Majestic and tall

Against which even giants

Feel helpless and small

Or deep canyons and valleys

And shimmering waterfalls

I have perhaps seen a few

But I would like to see more

Maybe the wonders of space

In the dark night sky

And constellations I could trace

With just the gaze of my eyes

There so many things I wish to see

But I haven’t seen them yet

But until I do I will remember

That I want to and won’t forget

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

My 100th poem

My 100^th poem

By May Kwek

Yes I have reached a hundred

And I have many more to go

But more can I write?

I really do not know

I have written about butterflies

And the deep blue sea

I have written of forests

And the wind in the trees

I have talked about birds

And their beautiful songs

And I have talked about people

Who talk a day long

I have written about the stars

Dancing in the night

And the humming of the city

In the dark of the night

I have spoken about the clouds

And rainbow’s “gold”

I have written of hope

And temper control

I have written so many things

What else should I write?

Perhaps I will find more inspiration

In the wind and tide

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek