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A poem written for Kenneth Wee
The morning mountains
awaken my mind
and I ride upon the back
of their majesty
across the waters of time
back to when
the waves of my youth
fell upon the shore
in Singapore.
God called to Abraham
In a city called Light,
a light just like the darkness
of the deepest night,
like the pupils
of the eyes of death...
the dark, dark spirit
of an idol’s breath
Abraham heard the voice
of God's love so wise
and smashed
the idols of his father’s eyes,
ending the commerce
of his father’s lies
Abraham’s father’s idol store
was not to be found in Singapore
In Singapore
the Galilean Messiah
and the Buddha met
and both their eyes from suffering
were warm and wet
It was there on the hillsides
where I kept being born
and could not forget
The spirit of Buddha came carried,
elevated upon a wisdom throne
by dark sorrow demons
draped in jewels and bone
Like Abraham’s father,
the gold Buddha's eyes
were darkly shining and bold
My Singapore soul felt so quiet and old
The spirit of the Galilean messiah
came like a pacific breeze,
a baptism of mist,
received by degrees...
He came and spoke softly,
like a child who warms hearts
He came and knocked gently
and set my family apart
He knocked lightly on my door
back there in Singapore
God is beyond being and God is here
God is such love,
that worlds quake in fear!
Only One Judge
sits upon the great throne!
The unknowable One,
who makes Himself known!
God is one both above and below
The Infinite Eternal Light
made a scrub bush to glow
This is the song of light
that Israel heard
And could not believe,
yet her forgiveness occurred!
How can I hear this?
How can I sing?
If my own soul is not one,
when I face the great King?
How can I return
to make myself whole
to gather the pieces
of my Singapore soul?
There is one God!
Haven’t we heard?
It is in the song of the whale,
and in the song of the bird.
It is in the song of the wolf,
and in the song of the shore,
the song I heard in the mist
back in Singapore.
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