Torn but for Faith Hope Joy Torn by competing demandsHow I wish I had a chanceEnter into a dream-like tranceForgetting my present circumstance But... ...No. This thing in the way called Life(Any wonder it rhymes with 'Strife'?!)Leads inevitably to our demiseOur fates in the roll of a dice Still......Yes. Such ruminations don't have to dictateHow … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #167
Advent Musings #5/5 -- Light One spark of lightIs all it takesTo send Darkness a-packing One shred of hopeIs all that's neededTo fill our hearts with longing One moment of peaceIs all our souls requireTo help us re-center our being One note of joyIs all we need to hearTo set our spirits a-soaring One touch … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #165
Advent Musings #4/5 -- Love Love came downTwo score and thousand years agoAmazing Angels proclaimed Love's understated arrivalIncredible Shepherds gapedAt the announcementSpeechless Barn animalsSilently witnessingWonderful New parentsAwestruck and changedForevermore A baby bornFor Hope. Peace. Joy.Miraculous Love came downTwo score and thousand years agoAmazing... ...Grace. Blessed Christmas to AllWith Love this pureBlessed Christmas to AllJesus is … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #164
Advent Musings #3/5 -- Joy Joy to the worldThat's how that song goesRight? Yet where's this JoySo desperately neededTonight? With news of warFilling our daysHapless With news of griefTurning our thoughtsHopeless With news of lossPlundering our heartsRelentless Joy to the worldThat's what we desperately needToday Joy to the worldA baby bornYesterday Two thousand odd YearsAgo … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #163
Advent Musings #2/5 -- Peace Hope and PeaceLike falling leavesDrifting down while one season to anotherShifts Joy and LoveFrom around and aboveAre disappearing like last year's Christmas Gifts This year can we bring backHope and PeaceJoy and LoveTo flood our heartsAnew? This year can we see moreKindness and graceBeauty and cheerFrom start to end Through? … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #162
Advent Musings #1/5 -- Hope They say that HopeIs all but goneAnd in many waysIt's true Each time we open A browser tab for newsLess the exception More the rule We'll find nothing butConflicts and chaos Carnage and calamitiesThere seems little we can do For all around usThe color of this rock Earth isRusty, bloody … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #161
Dear Mr. Xavier Yap First and foremost, may I call you Xavier? I know it's presumptuous of me to ask since you don't know me. And, up until January 22, 2022, when news about you first broke nationwide, the rest of Singapore and I didn't know you either. This week, however, we found out more … Continue reading Letter To A Special Needs Dad — On Faith. Hope. And Love.
With daily news of Covid, calamities, and climate change, these are arguably the worst of times in recent memory. And to make matters worse, not since WW II has Europe and the world seen war like it's now seeing as Russia pummels Ukraine. It does however make this long overdue film review of mine a … Continue reading Film Review: When writing and war intersect
Happy New Year! Here's hoping you're looking forward to the next 12 months of 2022. I know I am. But not for the usual reasons. Like a new birth, job, wedding or anniversary. For me, it's about...new textbooks! YES siree...I geek on textbooks! Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Ever since I was a kid, I've … Continue reading Parenting Motivations #7: Best part of a new year? New textbooks!
Best Time December Best time DecemberTo share FaithBut...Who will hearBeyond yuletide cheer? Best time DecemberTo share HopeYet...Who will listenTo this reason? A baby calledE-mma-nuelBorn in mangerWho can tell?God with usSomeday will showThis broken world Healings that flow. Best time DecemberTo share LoveYet...I'm tongue tiedSecrets locked inside. Best time DecemberYet I fearI'm...Not the oneRevealing God's Son … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #59
