The Grace of Birds

If I wished to see flying grace

I need not look to a further place

Than at the bright coral blue sky

And the birds as they fly

As they dive, swoop and glide

Riding on the wind’s delight

As they hover, flap or call out their song

All through the day and the night long

Take the eagle soaring in the air

Circling the earth with deliberate care

With sharp eyes finding his prey

And diving down for his meal of the day

Or perhaps let’s take a swallow

Darting through the trees

Like an inky black crescent moon

Flying across skies we can’t see

Or maybe even a sparrow

Rounded with too much food

Comically falling before flying

Like a silly fool would

Yet they all fly in the sky

With a grace to which we can’t compare

So if I wanted to see gracefulness I would watch the skies

For I know I would find it there

Copyright © 2014 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-grace-of-birds.html

Dawn's Song

Moon guardian I take your place

The morning approaches

It is time for me to sing my song

As the time marches

Night, night, hear my name

You know what to do, every day’s the same

Depart and with you take the stars

Quickly! The time passes fast!

Now gentle clouds with sunset blooms

Be quickly spun from heavenly looms

Dance across the fiery sky

Behind which sleeping stars lie!

Quiet ocean wake from your sleep

And let dolphins from your surface leap!

Let quick fishes in your waters dart

And feel the ocean’s beating heart

Quiet wind it is time to dance

Faster than a thrusting lance

Wake the flowers of the fields and the birds in the trees

Rise quickly morning breeze!

Now to wake the very last one

Turn Earth! Turn! To the rising sun!

Let the world hear dawn sing!

And jointly welcome the morning!

There now my song is done

I give my place to the sun

And while I slumber let my song linger on

And fill the souls with the peace of morn

Copyright © 2012 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2012/09/dawns-song.html

Morning Light

Oh the gentle morning light

Shine on this world and make it bright!

Oh let dawn with its gentle blush

Light up the world in a quick rush!

Let the colours red and gold

Colour the summer flowers

Let the cool ocean blue

Light the sea’s ivory towers

Let the green colour the fields

And the white colour the day

Let the dawn colour all life

Wherever it is they lay!

Oh let the morning light shine

Each and every day!

Let its colours freshness and dew

Last throughout the day!

The cool morning breeze

The gentleness of first light

The whispers of the tree

And birds at first flight

Let the morning last, let the morning last

Through the afternoon and into the night

Until the blush of dawn

Again signals first light!

Copyright © 2012 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2012/08/morning-light.html