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Dr Peter Lim Dec 2024
Sometimes when
we thought
what we did was wanting
our own self we fought

for each life is hinged
to a self-created standard
(unknown to the world)
it has to be honestly measured
Dr Peter Lim Dec 2024
Am I just
the summary
of my past?
What's the present me?

Am I just
a book fully-written
or with unfinished pages
what have I forgotten?

Am I the same smile
or has that turned to frown?
Am I still true and authentic
or have I let myself down?

Am I what you thought before
or am I not worthy to be remembered?
All I know is that I'm changeable
but every aspect of life I must celebrate
Dr Peter Lim Dec 2024
Pity
differs from empathy
be careful to show the latter
the former would hurt grievously
Dr Peter Lim Dec 2024
Don't judge
nor conclude
don't regard me
as bad or good-

with myself
constantly I struggle
hidden, always so
from people-

you know not a whit
of my inner side
speak not then
in silence abide
Dr Peter Lim Dec 2024
Zen
Zen


My aims are modest

I am not easily stressed
Dr Peter Lim Dec 2024
The beautiful will be the same
as the ugly---it will fade and perish
and be placed where the latter is
Dr Peter Lim Dec 2024
We change more than life
   it's only a passive watcher
   we are our restlessness
   the perennial wanderer and seeker-

   stop or pause we know  never
   there's no end to our endeavour
   too often fruitless is that we hanker after
   ourselves we undo--wherever, whatever
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