Darren Lim 2B'07

Of Unimaginable Wonder

As we stop to admire the beauty of life
As we watch flowers bloom from buds
Feelings from within comes alive
As we go dwell deeper into our hearts

Still no one can phantom such awesome wonder
One of great might and power
Stop for awhile and ponder
Of to whom it glowers

A look of indisputable radiance
Brightens this gloomy world
A world with unsolvable tensions
And quarrels and conflicts in the whirl

Through each petal showers pulchritudinous
As it livens a dampen mood
Away with morose, away with ruefulness
Be gone with insufferable disputes

Giving thanks for such gloriousness
As each reaches for the heavens

As we take one last glance
Creation of such craftsmanship
Of such unique balance
Where colours, feelings all run deep

Epilogue:
My inspiration for this poem was these set of unique flowers. When i first saw them, i thought they particularly stood out from the other flowers as they grew in clusters and bore such a radiant shade of red. Also, upon first sight, the first thought was that they were extending their reach up to the heavens, as if glorifying the wonders of God's mighty creation. The poem depicts the blissfulness of dwelling in the beauty of God's creation and as we admire his power and wonder and shows how by dwelling in such beauty we are able to escape from the world's pains and negativity. How simple colours could paint the emotions in our heart and how these emotions make us who we are. The poet who probably inspired me would be Samuel Taylor Coleridge for he too glorifies God for the beauty and sacredness of nature. Similarly, nature to him too is a form of escapism from the real world.