Life is beautiful...

Life truly is beautiful -
Standing here on the beach,
With the sun warm on my cheeks,
Soothed by sound of the endless waves...

Life surely is beautiful -
When there's none to nag or frown,
When life is but the here and the now -
When one can leave all cares behind...

On a beautiful beach,
on a lovely sunshiney morn,
Far, far "away from the maddening crowd,"
Life, i feel, is truly beautiful...

And i thank God -
For all these, and more...

Life Need Not Be Perfect...

Through the years i've always wished for things that are not -
Like others of the human race, i thought that would be happiness...
But now i know and i believe that life need not be perfect to be happy -
That we are ourselves flexible, moundable and easily adaptable,
Hence we are the sculptors who can turn imperfection into perfection -
And create a bed of roses out of straw, happiness out of simplicity...
So, if dreams can be spun and happiness can be found in simple things -
Who needs a life of perfection?

Sad brown eyes

I look into the mirror -
And this is what I see:
A pair of sad brown eyes,
That look forlornly back at me...
 It's still the same pair of eyes -
That I used to see:
But gone is the glow, the starry look,
Gone the twinkle, in those sad brown eyes... And my heart bleeds as I look at those sad brown eyes -
Sad brown eyes that speak of the troubles of the world...

Last night

Last night my heart was heavy -
I was very, very sad:
Yet another classmate had silently left us - Sweet, demure Dahlia Harun from TBSS days...
 Suat Ngoh, Seok Young, Lian Lee, 
We'll never again get to see...
It was goodbye, at our 1st Gathering, to Soon Yew -
For he did not make it to the next, on his birthday...
 So, though life is fragile, and friends are getting few -
We'll treasure each other, for as long as we can, me and you...

When life is an uphill trudge

I've always believed in Fate and Destiny - And thanked God for all my blessings...
I've never doubted that we reap what we sow -
Hence I've always tried to touch a heart, help a soul...
 But sometimes, I do feel sad, and disheartened -
When others fret, and things don't work out well...
Sometimes I do feel it's not even my fault - That others hold a different yardstick, judging differently...
 But I'll take heed that one Man's meat is another's poison -
And remember to cover every teardrop with a brave smile...

Just taking a good look at life

Life has its ups and downs -
Its summer days and its fall...
For with every ride on Cloud 9 -
There's bound to be a tumble and a fall... For each time I find my life a bed of roses - Then trouble is lurking just a few steps behind...
Each time I am placed on the pedestal -
I'm also prepared for the great fall...
So I'll take everything that comes along - Life's sunny days and rainy days, too...

Life has its hiccups

Life has its ups and downs -
So we have to know when to laugh and clown...
Life has its sunshine days and days of murky clouds -
So we have to accept those lashings and those frowns...
 I've been looking at life from the bright side -
Willing myself never to despair...
Though sunny days have dark clouds hovering nearby -
I'll just take each in my stride, as they come by...
So I'll not be daunted, nor be persuaded to let go -
For the shattered dream would cut deep into his heart, not just mine...