SPASMS
They delight through their insistence
Like some ill found friend,
Who doesn’t know lines drawn,
Keeping deeper knowing at bay.
These spastic breaths do worry
Many, whose heartbeats are dire,
Torn between duty and desire
Lingering in-between in sadness.
Thus, do I thrust through my days,
Keeping both vigil and dreams,
Determined to preserve sanctity
Of faith and resilience and Truth.
Someday, it’ll all make sense
Especially to those who keep mum
Fearing repercussions, hiding away
Guilt and shame and sorrow.
Such intimate knowing is rare
A precious gift to those chosen
To know and bear the cross
Burying in their end the Truth.
Kirpal Singh is a poet and a literary critic from Singapore. An internationally recognised scholar, Singh has won research awards and grants from local and foreign universities. He was one of the founding members of the Centre for Research in New Literatures, Flinders University, Australia in 1977; the first Asian director for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize in 1993 and 1994, and chairman of the Singapore Writers’ Festival in the 1990s. He retired the Director of the Wee Kim Wee Centre.
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