Dr Peter Lim

Dr Peter Lim Dec 2017

I ain't a dog
    I can't bark
    (barking is quite an effort
     for that poor creature in the dark

    not knowing whether
    there's an intruder around)
    lucky I ain't a dog--there could be
    a gunman too eager to bring me to the ground!

* an exchange with friends over dogs

Dr Peter Lim Dec 2017

ONLY LOVE SHALL SHOW US THE WAY*

Life too heavily and unkindly
on us does too often weigh
the snarl of unfriendly hours
only love shall show us the way

there's a bright green pasture
beyond this cloistered gate
only your heart will this lock unleash
our love is the reason to celebrate.

* inspired by the poems of Robin, a fellow-writer

Dr Peter Lim Nov 2017

FROM FAR AWAY

From far away
amidst the mist of time
you look more beautiful
and enchanting. Sublime

is a word that begs in inadequacy
but no poet am I---this poem's frail outcome
would only mar the eternal wonder
that's you, you alone--- I wait but know you won't come.

Dr Peter Lim Nov 2017

THE PALE OF TIME

Moments of the past
those that surface now
tomorrows' awaiting
all to end in their languishing hour

time is a heartless machine
life but a frail summer flower
we look before and after*
asking questions that know no right answer.

* from Shelley's poem though this is a common utterance

Dr Peter Lim Nov 2017

LIFE 61

To me, knowing what life is not
is infinitely more important than
knowing what it is.

This has placed me in a state of preparedness
apart from strengthening me.

Philosophy I deem to be less important
than discovering things on my own.

Dr Peter Lim Nov 2017

LIFE 60

To life:

we meet
then we say
goodbye
nothing more

Dr Peter Lim Nov 2017

LIFE 59

The more obliquely
I look at life
things I see more clearly