Evening's Beginning

Have you seen the evening's content?

As the light fades and falls

Things you knew morph their shape

Till you wonder if you knew them at all

A strange darkness descends

Upon the quietening of the air

And with the wind falls like leaves

The burdens of toil and care

And with its quiet comes the peace

Of the darkness of the night

Where what is far cannot be seen

Out of mind once out of sight

For as the sun fades to tomorrow

And the moon comes into view

The day and its troubles are over

But the night, my friends, is new

Copyright © 2017 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2017/08/evenings-beginning.html

Wayside Flower

Oh little flower growing on the wayside

Dancing with petals ever so bright

How you shine in the day long sun

And sleep gently when the day is done

You never notice the crowd that passes you by

For your thoughts reach for heaven’s sky!

For it you dance, in it joy you’ve found

Although you may be earthly bound

Oh little wayside flower, gentle and meek

Yet striving in beauty that which you seek

Little you know the enduring joy

You bring to those who pass you in toil!

So grow on, wayside flower and seek no other view

Than the azure blue sky constant but always new

And in your dreams, bloom ever so bright

And bestow on the passers-by some of your light!

Copyright © 2017 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2017/07/wayside-flower.html

Dreaming in the Night

Take me to the moon

High up amongst the stars

For when you dream touching the heavens

Dreams don’t seem so far

The stars twinkle down their good wishes

The night would lend its fancy

And dreams which were so vague

Begin to gain some clarity

The clouds shift their forms

Into the landscape of your dreams

And they seem so real, just beyond

Almost in reach it seems

And you could be content forever

High up in the air

Dreaming dreams with the stars

Without a thought or care

Unknowing to the passing hours

Or of the daylight’s morning ride

They don’t exist, there’s only

You, your dreams, the night

Until you float down to solid ground

As the sun rises and the moon bids adieu

But the hope you found so far above

Will always remain with you

Copyright © 2017 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2017/06/dreaming-in-night.html