Wayside flower

Wayside flower

By May Kwek

Oh little flower growing on the wayside

Dancing with petals ever so bright

How you shine in the day long sun

And sleep gently when the day is done

You never notice the crowd that passes you by

For your thoughts reach for heaven’s sky!

For it you dance, in it joy you’ve found

Although you may be earthly bound

Oh little wayside flower, gentle and meek

Yet striving in beauty that which you seek

Little you know the enduring joy

You bring to those who pass you in toil!

So grow on, wayside flower and seek no other view

Than the azure blue sky constant but always new

And in your dreams, bloom ever so bright

And bestow on the passers-by some of your light!

Copyright © 2017 by May Kwek

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  

- Luke 12:27, NKJV

I’ll wait

I’ll wait

By May Kwek

Man counts progress in hours

The Lord by years and a day

From the springs that grow into winters

Rather than the sun that fades away

Years though long seem short

Under his knowing eye

A chick that cries now for a moment

Becomes an eagle that flies

So now though it seems glum

And naught is as I planned

I can girdle myself to wait

Until I understand

That everything has a time

And everything has a moment

And until that time, that time

Don’t speak yet, listen!

For there’s a plan in action

Clicking in slowly by the days

From little words, thoughts, actions

That are thrown our way

At the right time they’ll fall in

Exactly as they should

But with a plan stretching years

Only at the exact moment they would

And until the last piece is in place

In days, weeks, years, decades

Because I know he has a plan

I can content myself to wait

Copyright © 2017 by May Kwek

Life’s path

Life’s path

By May Kwek

All are travelers on the road of time

Running over life's messy plains

Falling, stumbling, running, striving

Ending then seeking to run again

For our paths were counted

Long ere we knew they exist

The paths we took, those we forsook

All lead to the end as it is

And along the way we forgot

That we’re all going the same way

And both the strong and the weak

End with a last day

So we fought, we struggled

For the ephemeral success

Without a chance or a pause

To consider what’s truly best

We pushed fellow travelers aside

To the glories we ran!

Never cared, never looked

Just did everything we can

But the paths we travel

However long they might be

End in the same destination

Man’s fated destiny

Where all the glories we picked up

We’re forced to cast aside

And we are as we are

Without a place to hide

And at the time and at that end

There is no U-turn at the bend

So now though that time is far from me

What should I do on the path before me?

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Dreaming in the night

Dreaming in the night

By May Kwek

Take me to the moon

High up amongst the stars

For when you dream touching the heavens

Dreams don’t seem so far

The stars twinkle down their good wishes

The night would lend its fancy

And dreams which were so vague

Begin to gain some clarity

The clouds shift their forms

Into the landscape of your dreams

And they seem so real, just beyond

Almost in reach it seems

And you could be content forever

High up in the air

Dreaming dreams with the stars

Without a thought or care

Unknowing to the passing hours

Or of the daylight’s morning ride

They don’t exist, there’s only

You, your dreams, the night

Until you float down to solid ground

As the sun rises and the moon bids adieu

But the hope you found so far above

Will always remain with you

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Ambition

Ambition

By May Kwek

All men to great deeds aspire

For it some men rise from circumstance dire

Ever they seek to rise higher and higher

If one has run far, the other farther

Aye they seek with chisels of wax

To on Time immortal carve a crack

If possible to carve a name

And lend to it glory and fame

In striving so they’ve shed many a tear

Sweated blood, suffered in fears

Broke their back, lost family and friends

Striving always, till the end

And at the end, did they ever know?

Time’s many notches were infamy so

And those who on Time’s wall blazed a name

Cared more of others and less of fame

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Today is the reason

Today is the reason

By May Kwek

It is Easter today

And for the very first time

I wonder why I’ve never celebrated it

With ornaments of rhyme

For today, today is the reason

The reason for my hope’s joy

The reason why we press on

With faith none can destroy

Yes, today, today is the reason

I can bow my head and pray

Call the Almighty “Father”

It’s an audacious thing to say

Today! Yes today!

Is the reason I can live

The reason despite all life’s troubles

Some have heart to give

Today, yes it’s the reason

That prisoners can be free

That all lost souls can be found

And sorrow flees

For it is today! Two thousand years past

Amidst the tears that wouldn’t dry

That Hope rose from the dead

And dried every eye

And today is special

For just one reason

For today, yes today

He has risen!

Happy Easter!

Copyright © 2017 by May Kwek

Evening chimes

Evening chimes

By May Kwek

Grey slants strolled down the corridor

As I watch quietly by

The end of the day is coming

And the world’s waving goodbye

The blue sky has turned whiter

Like whispers of mist

The wind blows softly now

Like a goodbye kiss

The trees are losing their shine

As the skies turn grey

Sunset is soon but not yet!

It’s only nearing the end of day

Flowers fold their buds to sleep

The birds return to their nests

The songs of morning are now quiet

As fits this peaceful time best

You would have thought me sad

That a beautiful day had to end

But nay, I still smile

For I have the wind for a friend

And the wind would not let any mourn

Or even frown at the end of a day

For it flew in and sang to me

Before it went on its way

And it brushed the wind chime as it flew

And how those chimes sang!

Crystal clear, bright and light

Like a silver bell they rang!

And as I listened to its song

Each note seemed to say

Enjoy the night and its splendor

For tomorrow’s another beautiful day

Copyright © 2017 by May Kwek