Poems for My Sons

Tag: Life

  • 14 Feb 2026, 7.08AM

    Never forget.

    Your ticket

    was gifted.

    So live it.

    Every moment,

    Unwasted.


  • 6 March 2026, 7.15PM

    Maybe I’m an idealist 
    Call me a hypocrite
    But I hate 
    that hate exists

    Growing up,
    my best friends in school
    were from all different parts of the map
    Some adults can really be fools
    They should learn from children 
    who don’t give a crap

    About creating divisions and causing dissent
    Manipulating meanings 
    of what things truly represent
    The misguided don’t care about the collateral damage
    They lash out and loathe in fits of rage 

    It’s insanity
    Inanity
    Total inhumanity

    This evening in the park there was a celebration of Holi
    Gulal throwing with other families
    of different cultures and ethnicities 
    Celebrating good over evil’s victory
    A love and forgiveness festivity

    I sat as the sun set, thinking quietly
    This is the way things should really be.

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    22 February 2026, 6.12AM

    Your Ye Ye passed away recently
    Midnight in Malaysia, January 30
    He was in his bedroom, sleeping peacefully
    H****** you were only three
    Let me tell you some things about daddy’s daddy –

    First and foremost, he loved his family
    He did everything he could for Ma Ma, Uncle Jon, and me.
    He loved a good joke,
    to laugh and to poke.
    He loved to eat
    Beads of sweat
    Trickling down his head.
    When I was your age he could be fierce
    Many times he punished us to tears
    All he wanted was for us to be good
    (Though it would take some growing before we understood).

    And even before then
    Before your Ye Ye became a man
    He was just a boy like you and I was
    Figuring out life and what was his cause
    Son of his father Choong Yoon Chong
    And his mother Goh Lian Hong
    The second of five
    He gave us this life

    I miss him.

    I had a dream about him last night
    He was smiling and laughing
    And in his eye sparkled a light
    I asked him,
    “How is it possible that you are here?”
    The dream ended
    I didn’t get an answer

    One day, just like Ye Ye
    Daddy too will be gone
    But I want you to know
    I love you and I will never be far away
    Just look up at the sky and remember the trillions of kisses I have laid on your hand
    I will stick around as long as you need me to stay.