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  • May K.
  • Dec 24, 2020
  • 1 min read

Empty chairs and vacant halls

Lonely streets and quiet malls

Christmas is here, the façade's the same

But oh everything seems so changed


Absence and echoes where there were none before

Missing footprints on the snow fall

A screen on a phone for a smile to our face

A meal alone instead of a gathering place


Oh where's the Christmas heart and cheer?

Where’s the spirit that rejoices the year?

Where's the laughter? The joy? The fun?

Where's the promise? Where's the Son?


Sometimes it feels to ask in vain

In the silent tomb of pain

Sometimes it feels like empty space

Is all the fills this gathering place


Yet as the lone meal is set

I hear a voice saying, “Don’t forget!”

And somehow it seems to me

This place isn’t quite so empty


For a promise has filled the void

A remembrance I can’t avoid

Of times now past, of times to be

That our now is not eternity


And at the table, across time and space

I see into that eternal place

Where all are gathered together as one

To celebrate the birth of the Son


I see them there, our family

Unbroken by sorrow or misery

Cheers and laughter with glasses raised

The air singing with songs of praise


A promise, a remembrance, as the vision fades

And before me the lone meal is laid

For though this moment we must be strong

It’s to that hope that we belong


So as I sit alone, I’ll pray

And say thanks for this Christmas day

For that promise to which I hold on

And Thank God for my savior was born


Merry Christmas, Everyone. Still.


Copyright © 2020 by Kwek Yi Zhen

  • May K.
  • Dec 25, 2017
  • 1 min read

Christmas is a time most dear A time of wondrous giving When the goodwill of all the year Fills the air with blessing When smiles grace every face A gift to themselves and all And music plays in every place And there always seems to be more When friends send cards and letters With just simple greetings But what really matters Is the thoughts that they are bringing When family can gather around And put simply put aside The subjects that make so many frown And sit round the fire’s light Oh yes Christmas is filled with joy From these little presents And every little girl and boy Learns that this is the reason That Christmas is such a wonderful thing Because it is always giving It is the spirit with which the air sings It is the song of rejoicing For with Christmas came The greatest gift of all The one with the dearest of names Our Saviour, born for all Merry Christmas!


Copyright © 2017 by Kwek Yi Zhen


  • May K.
  • Dec 24, 2017
  • 1 min read

There is a gossip in the marketplace

There is a rumor in Bethlehem

Listen! Listen!

Can you hear them?


“Have you heard?” in a voice low

The women quietly say

That the King invited 3 wise men

To dine with him today?


I have heard they carry great gifts

Myrrh, frankincense and gold

Why are they coming here?

What stories have they been told?


“Have you heard?” in a voice of awe

The men quietly whisper

That Zachariah speaks again?

And Elizabeth is a mother?


They say the child is named John

That he will be the voice in the wilderness

Imagine, just imagine

Who he will herald in greatness!


“Have you heard?” in joyous laughter

The children ask as they play

I’ve heard a voice in the wind whisper

That the Angels will sing today!


I wonder why they are singing

Is something happening today?

I have asked mother and I have asked father

But they haven’t heard so they say


“Have you heard?” in exultation

Asks the Angels on high

A miracle is about to happen

Oh let out a glorious cry!


Oh Bethlehem! They cry

As they gather to sing

Have you heard? They ask

You will welcome the King!


“And have you heard?” in a mighty voice

Asks the Almighty God

I have descended from heaven

To with the lowest trod


For tonight I will come

And be among my creation

For you whom I dearly love

I’ve come to bring salvation!


Oh have you heard?


Copyright © 2017 by Kwek Yi Zhen


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