Poetry

17th October 2022

I Am Ready

Li-ling Ooi Poetry, Women, Writing creativity, embrace myself, inspiration, kinder to myself, love 0

I am ready to embrace myself and all that I am
I am ready to accept all the joys and privileges of being me
I am ready to hold myself and all of me, in the highest of my own esteem
knowing that far beyond all that i can imagine and dream
I know that there is a purpose to my journey

I am ready to call upon my store of energy, of creativity, of love, of inspiration
I am ready to be all the things to me that I need to be for myself
I am ready to be kinder, more loving, more forgiving, more gentle,
more embracing and more accepting of all that I am and also all that I am not
I am now ready to be
All of me.

21 Dec 2018

14th October 2022

My every wish for you

Li-ling Ooi Mothering, Poetry, Writing freedom, grace, joy, love, peace, wish, wishes 0

I wish you well
on this your journey through life
I wish you ease
that you may find joy in all that comes to you
I wish you smiles
that will fill your life with the wonder of friends
I wish you grace
to rise and meet each challenge that comes your way
I wish you peace
and always a path to pick through troubled times
I wish you serenity
to hear your hearts every longing and desire
I wish you calm
to know yourself at every moment in time
I wish you love
for to love is to be well-loved in return
I wish you life
to choose the paths of freedom and adventure
I wish for you
every good thing that you deserve, light and true

10 June 2021

13th October 2022

A Legacy to Leave

Li-ling Ooi Inspiration, Poetry, Writing heart, kindness, legacy, smile, success 0

Empires built and legacies entrusted
success as society defines it
remains the big bold wonders
the kind that gets reported on
the type that makes it to the lists

Yet the longer I think about it
the more I churn it over in my mind
I’ve truly come to believe
and I know this, as I realise
that legacies don’t have to be wondrous
memories don’t have to be grandiose

The most truly memorable gift
worthy of each persons time
would simply be to leave everyone that you meet
a little more lifted than they were
a gentle smile, a hidden wave
a kind word, a lifted heart

9 July 2021

12th October 2022

Colours

Li-ling Ooi Inspiration, Poetry, Writing acceptance, racism 0

And if the world were black and white
would we be more colour blind
to all of the differences among us
would it make the world more kind

And if there were but two colours
would our days be completely droll
or would there still be comparisons
of one superior and the other less so?

4 March 2022

11th October 2022

There is only Us and Us

Li-ling Ooi Inspiration, Poetry, Writing belief, politics, race, together, unite, united 0

There is only Us and Us

In a world divided
by skin colours and race
by beliefs and politics
and religions a pace
as man looks around
there is no ‘Them’ against ‘Us’
look closely again
there’s only ‘Us’ and ‘Us’

The politician speaks
‘Let it be known
the other side is guilty
I’m sure it will be shown’
yet as we look closely again
there is no ‘Them’ versus ‘Us’
across land mass and seas
there’s only ‘Us’ and Us

As gripping fears divide
tempers flare and fingers point
they are wrong and we are right
all common sense lost
far across land and sea
there is no ‘Them’ or ‘Us’
beyond mountains and valleys
there’s only ‘Us’ and Us

All for one and one for all
Unite and united
Together we stand
For there is only ever ‘Us’ and Us

30 May 2020

~ Li-ling Ooi