In Time I Will Time to breathe deepTo slow downFeel my chest rise and fallShut the world out Need the spaceTo find it againSanityTranquilitySerendipity I can't be longAmong the articulateThe pompous and loudI need me my quiet Where can I go?Soon I'll be living in borrowed spaceAt the mercy of anotherWhere can I go? To … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #234
Strength From Within Torn by competing demandsHow I wish I had a chanceEnter into a dream-like tranceForgetting my present circumstance We need respite care for mom againYou need to send our son for extra tuition againThe schedules are filling up fast againWill these demands please spare me once again?! But...no. This thing blocking my peace … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #182
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 #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.
Slow Down...Love Bold Slow downDeep breathsLeaves rustlingFocus there Quiet pleaseNo soundBirds chirpingAll around Power offNo screensSoak inGentle breeze Life's shortQuibble lessSeek peaceAbiding rest Time's tickingEver fastHold tightFamily's best Walk slowLet goLittle mattersLove bold
One of my deepest wishes as a parent was to some day share with my boys about the Holocaust. 2022 looks set to be the year I get to do just that! You see, recently I had declared that one of my secret loves for a new year were new textbooks. But since I'd left … Continue reading Fiction Book Review #2 – The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (YA fiction on the Holocaust)
