Exultation of the Sea

Look out to the sea!

From the unending shore

Look out! Look out!

It goes on forevermore!

Shinning in golden sun

The silver sparkling waves

With the crystal beauty

The glorious day has gave

Ships sail over it

Clouds dance in the shimmering light

Oh wondrous and wondrous!

The sea so bright!

Taste the salty sea air

As it lingers on your tongue

And within lies a song

That the sea breeze has sung!

Hummed by the whales

In their revels deep

Oh the unending sea!

Where beauty never sleeps!

Where the day sings its song

And the stars by night dance

Where the bold, brave and free

Set out to take their chance

Where dreams and hopes

Skip merrily with the waves

Where promises are met

And seeking hearts are saved

Oh look out! Look out!

Let no man pine on the shore

For behold the glorious sea

Goes on forevermore!

Copyright © 2017 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2017/10/exultation-of-sea.html

Lights

Our world is filled with lights

From the first blush of dawn

To the golden shining rays

Of the sun at morn

They are beautiful in all colours

Brimming with life and joy

Like the stars that guide the sailors home

After a voyage of toil

Yet they are pensive too

So quiet and serene

Like the moonlight floating down

In gentle shifting beams

Or excitable like fireworks

Blazing through the night

Sparkling like golden dust

With their shimmering light

Or worse still, the herald

To disaster and death

Like the red blaze of a fire

In the midst of its theft

But they can also be life giving

As the rays of the sun

Bestowing growth to all that lives

Until the day is done

For all lights give clarity

Opening our eyes to see

Either the world around us

Or within what we’ll be

And what marvellous lights and wonders

I’ve seen wherever I’ve roamed

And each telling a story

That I have never known

But perhaps the light I love best

Is the one not distant and unknown

But the flickering lights in the night

That tell me I’ve come home

Copyright © 2017 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2017/10/lights.html

Flowers

Silky soft and in full bloom

The joys that chase away the gloom!

Bright with cheer and generous with smiles

That bring hope and rejoicing all the while

Yes flowers singing under the sky

Land-bound but their melodies fly!

As they seek to bless the day

And reach out to the bright sun’s rays

They are smiles personified

Radiant in the morning light

The earth drapes them on in delight

In a crown sweet and bright

And the world is filled with their scent

As under the gentle winds they’re bent

And they tell the world the secrets they know

And sing them in a whisper low

For hopes, dreams and life in songs

Wrapped in blooms are forever strong

Written are they in a heavenly art

That never touches the mind without touching the heart

So let them bloom and let them glow

And bring joy to every high and low

And in that instant of eternity before they go

They would have lightened many a soul

Copyright © 2017 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2017/10/flowers.html