Ode To You

                                                               You are

                                                                             a puzzle
                                                                             a delightful complexity
                                                                             a test
                                                                                       of all the patience the good Lord has granted me

                                                                             a musing
                                                                                             occupying every ounce of my free time
                                                                                               invading 
                                                                                                into whatever personal space was once mine

                                                                             a delight
                                                                                            nobody can charm me quite the way You do
                                                                                              with your unconventional queer ways
                                                                                               mysteriously keeping my hopelessly hooked on You

                                                                             a bane
                                                                                         are you aware of all my pain
                                                                                           the grief you cause deep down inside me
                                                                                            with your carelessly childish selfish ways

                                                                             a challenge
                                                                                                 if i could just right all the wrong in You
                                                                                                   help make all Your grief dissipate away
                                                                                                     would You be more human instead


                                                               Margaret Alexandria Yoong
                                                               August 16, 2004