Do not honour me
I'm hardly worthy:
paltry is my story
lack-lustre is my poetry-

If you wish to know
I live quietly and simply
in a faraway remote corner
hidden from crowding society-

if you should visit me
wine I have not, water aplenty
some bread and butter
nothing to share ostentatiously

and if you should like humour
such I have abundantly
a hundred tales I'll share
they would make you weary

We call it mystery
as our mind is finite
we can't grasp
such profundity-

yet it can somehow
be intuitively felt
though its full import
we can't adequately tell

Upon the dawn I rise
   still with half-shut eyes
   thoughts through my mind
   they rush-- I'm in sudden surprise
   and wonder what the day would be like-

    outside my window
    the flowers are still dew-stained
    tossing in early breeze
   the same bird-songs are heard again-

   yesterday seemed a dream
   today is a world, almost miraculous
   poetic feelings well within me
   words I can hardly express-

   by what am I inspired?
  What does my heart long to say?
  How should I hold myself?
  Would love and grace come my way?

  Into the lighted sky I gaze
a strange power overcomes me
into a new realm I seem transported
as though I'm touched my eternity

Life is the inside
and the outside
they are seldom in congruence
they often quarrel and fight

What's the  greatest vulnerability?
   It's none other than love-- literally

We are all moments in time
the remnants and carry-forward
of past days---of joys, sorrows,
of disappointments, setbacks
but also of beauty and grace
the future to explore and embrace--

all that we will be
rests on our vision and choice
no clear paths are before us
many tortuous routes we need to cross

yet, our task we shouldn't neglect
nor bound by what had been before
despite our fragile tiny boat
we'll need the patience and fortitude
to head towards and reach our desired shore-

we are all warriors in time
though none will sing any praise
upon arrival in the promised land
our flag of victory we'll proudly raise!

Let there be light!
    Too dark is the night.

    Let there be hope!
    So many are sad and can't cope.

   Let love gather!
   Sorrow will be broken asunder.

  Let compassion abound!
  It will console all around.

  Let faith settle in!
  It will strengthen our within.

Let prayer heal!
Every heart it will still.

Let friendship flourish!
It will every heart nourish.

Let our words be kind!
It's our very duty to mankind.

Let generosity spread!
The poor and needy will be fed.

Let forgiveness reign!
It will eradicate the giver and recipient's pain.

Let every heart be open!
Even strangers to entertain.

Let the universal message be-
Peace, goodwill and joy to flow freely!

Let the world be one family!
There shall be peace and joy through every century.

Let me embrace you tenderly!
In our common humanity.