Ghosting Me? Or...? Still just one tickAfter more than one textOn WhatsAppDid my messages not get through? What happened pal?Are you ok?I even calledBut you didn't pick up at all! Are you ghosting me?Or...?I'm afraid to thinkWhat could have been?If only I knewVisited you In your home in the WestThough I'm East, I can travelBy … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #279
Starting from 2026, parents in my country will get 10 weeks of shared parental leave to care for babies born on or after April 1. This is up from six weeks just a year ago. Announced in 2024 by the government, this and other unprecedented family-friendly policies have been rolled out in recent times in … Continue reading Building a Nation That Values Care, Not Just Career — Perspectives from a community of stay-at-home fathers
Golden Skin It glows it glowsMy reptilean handA shimmering orangeThanks to the stain glass filtered lightPiercing into the chapel Such a golden gleanWith blotches of white skinSprinkled lightly on my reverse palmWho knew aging would diversifyMy skin. My look. Beguiling. Golden skin. Be it this chapel or anywhereGolden is heavenYet I can't help but feelLike … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #278
Three nights ago, someone invited me to attend a close door workshop among (mostly single) men to talk about ourselves. [See main picture with writer in yellow. Courtesy of @banimiyad on Instagram] Yes, you read that right. To talk about ourselves. Admittedly I remember asking why would I accept an invitation to give up one … Continue reading An Evening With Other Men To Talk About Ourselves
Effortless Floating down a riverA mere ten inches deepLooking up to heavenSeeking some reprieve From this madcap worldThat's rushing us Down a gorgeI'd rather not Effortless EffortlessAdrift and set freeBest place to beEven if the world can't see That it's hurtling towardsAn unending abyssWhen it fills its daysWith rocks and boulders I want to stay … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #277
A couple of weeks ago, I met up with a fellow writer. We first got to know one another in 2024 and bonded over, what else, writing. Since that year, we've met up several times and texted one another even more. Always nice to have another writer to talk to about writing, and all the … Continue reading New Writer Series: Living With Less
My Beautiful Beautiful Disaster My beautiful beautiful disaster My beautiful beautiful disasterMy one and onlyDrowning me constantly Rescuing me daily My beautiful beautiful disasterLights up my lifeAdds to my strifeMakes me feel alive My beautiful beautiful disasterAsks affectionate questionsWhat You Doing? You like it? With Who?Just to get my attention My beautiful beautiful disasterTurning dull … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #276
This has been quite a week! All thanks to three events that shared one message. That recognising our brokenness is the first step towards personal wellbeing and wholeness. What events you asked? And what about brokenness and wholeness? Let me tell you. Meetings of SAHDs Source: The Ordinary Dad The first event was a monthly … Continue reading To Live In Wholeness, First Recognise Your Brokenness
Tree You stand tallImperviousUnswaying Stoic How do you do it?Me I'm in aweMe who's always vacillatingUnable to stand tall Like you! Teach me O Mighty Tree How to stay rod still No matter the storm beImmoveable Strong You stand calmResplendent in the sunUnmoved by the buzzIn this city island chaos I'm frazzledUnsettledFrenticBedazzled Unlike you! Think … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #275
One of my goals last year was to learn cooking. After all, it felt odd to claim I'm a stay-at-home dad (SAHD) these past eight years, yet I don't cook. As much as I dislike stereotypes, as far as the roles of a stay home parent goes (cleaning, grocery shopping, parenting, and all things domestic), … Continue reading How A Morning Spent Cooking Was For Me More Company & Creativity Than Culinary
