Why don’t you buy another one?

Why don’t you buy another one?

By May Kwek

I went to the bookshop one day

Because I needed a notebook anyway

So I picked one that I want

And after paying I would be done

But the lady shop keeper began to speak

Like a wise old lady with a lesson to teach

“We don’t get this often,” she slowly said

“Why don’t you buy two instead?”

I only needed one so I declined

And put the incident from my mind

Until I needed a notebook again

And the whole scenario began again

“This is an oddly shaped book,” she said

“And isn’t often found”

“Since you are already buying,

Why not buy two this time round?”

Again I said no and went on my way

Puzzling about it for the rest of the day

But then other things soon filled my mind

And I decided to think about it another time

Then today I needed another book

And so bought a bright pretty blue one

I waited and sure enough she said,

“This colour isn’t common. Why don’t you buy another one?”

No thank you, I think my notebook buying spree is done

Copyright © 2013 by May Kwek

The raindrop’s quick adventure

The raindrop’s quick adventure

By May Kwek

Gentle rains fall on the window

Drumming like the footsteps of little children

Many many little children

Each too small to see or touch

They are the rain’s children

The little raindrops

And every storm they fall to the earth

From the heavens they drop

Some hit my window

And smile before running away

Some fall on the plants

And gently roll away

From there they hide in the dirt

And seek out the roots hidden there

Then they knock three times to enter

The plant’s secret lair

It is a labyrinth inside

Full of tunnels and tubes

The raindrops explore till oops!

They go up the water tube

At marvellously quick speeds they travel up to the leaves

And find it full of holes like a sieve

The sun draws them out from there

And they fly up to the air

Where they will form clouds and wait

Till the rain storms gather again

Then they will fall once more

Anxious to see more than they did before

Copyright © 2013 by May Kwek