I'll Wait

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 Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2017/06/ill-wait.html

Today is the Reason

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 Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2017/04/today-is-reason.html

Finding our Christmas Light

The days have passed in a blur

And now it’s Christmas night

How strange it feels, so serene

It’s an oddly peaceful night

The days between have not been pleasant

Madmen acted and lives were lost

The earth has shaken, storms raged

Peace has held but at terrible cost

The struggle to keep it Christmas

Has been brutal with spirits this low

Sometimes it seemed dancing on the edge

Ready to fall with a careless blow

So I searched again for that Christmas star

And I found it tonight

High up in the dark night sky

Oddly small and not too bright

But it was constant, ever constant

Nothing could cause it to fade

It cannot be blocked, it cannot be stopped

For eternity it had been made

And I know now that it will glow always

Hope shinning in the night

Nothing on earth nor in hell

Can ever block out that light

So although there’s no tree this year

And thus nothing festive to light

It is Christmas still

And that Child’s our eternal Christmas light

Merry Christmas

Copyright © 2016 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2016/12/finding-our-christmas-light.html