Raided a house in a gated community Only to find it empty My haul was quite small Only a plastic container one foot tall. No fancy handbags or gold bars No heavy suitcases or chocolate or expensive cars But heavy was my small haul Took me three hours to count them all. Definitely not worth a trillion Not even worth ...

Chap Goh Meh is here Chinese version of Valentine’s Day Night for single girls To try their luck for romance With tangerines as Tinder.

Raindrops on a leaf Transform into sparkling pearls Mother Nature’s tears Shimmering with clarity But they will be gone too soon.  

Lin Yutang said the end of the day is near When small men cast long shadows But there is no need for fear From the shadows will emerge heroes.   A long shadow blankets our country We seem to be in a state of regression The political situation is cause for worry Patriotic hearts bleed for the nation.   Long ...

The storm raged outside The wind howled like some banshee Then the lights went out A shrill scream pierced through the night An eerie silence then reigned.

They were classmates from young With characters bordering on yin and yang Tom excelled in his studies Vince fooled around with his buddies.   Tom was always careful with his money Vince was a spendthrift as his vices were many Everyone thought success in life for Tom was a no-brainer Vince had no second thoughts about cutting corners.   Tom ...

Like a blossoming flower That was the way you were Sensitive timid and shy Much too young to die.   Falsely accused of stealing your teacher’s handphone That was when everything went wrong Your hurt was so deep Your mind just flipped.   You were so vulnerable to the false allegation Your dignity and rights subjected to serious violation Your ...

It hurts it really hurts In my heart the pain lurks Consuming me with the urge to hit back An eye for an eye tic for tat.   A respectful act meant as a tribute Ended up being rebuked False allegations fly Insinuating my kind act was a lie.   On second thoughts I won’t resort to hitting back That ...

Fear is false evidence appearing real It isn’t any big deal It exists only in the mind Fear is just a lie you will find.   When fear rears its ugly head Don’t freeze as if you are dead Deal with it with courage Don’t be imprisoned by its cage.   Acknowledge the issues at hand Face them like a ...

It’s raining again She shivers in disdain The night is cold She longs for someone to hold.   Lightning and thunder Arouse a deep sense of loneliness in her As raindrops relentlessly fall on her head She wishes she is dead.