All I Need Today

In these turbulent times of now

When farmers are even missing cows

So my milk goes a little sour

And life and dreams stutter for a while

The light in my fridge flickers on

Shining a little bare and upon

Not much, some scraps some bits

How much of a hunger will they meet?

Then a knock on the door

And feet sounds on the floor

Friends have come a-calling

What surprises are they now abearing?

A love of ham, a hand of eggs

Things cooked, things baked

They throw open my fridge

And stuff it full and make it peach

Oh, I am starved no more

For friends always come ashore

At times when one feels stranded

Their gaiety have always amended

What I might thirst or hunger

What that fortunes cannot aplunder

It's the presence of their beings

Of laughter, jokes and knee-slapping

It's when with them I hunger not

Even when my stomach is all in a knot

My heart and mind is leaven

Who cares if my fridge is not a heaven

All I need....are for friends to be around

Especially today when old friends are found

- by TC Lai

=== Note ===
The above poem was inspired by a friend's birthday poem below:

What's a birthday without birthday cheers
What's a cheer without friends and peers
Friends of old and friends of new
Peers of then and peers in queue
Friends who cares not what you are
But friends who care of who you are
Friends who see you ever so often
Or those who see you perhaps once upon
It no matter 'coz time waits for no man
And the sun no longer just give you a tan
Pigmentation and old-age spots starts apopping
But nothing beats good old friends who comes a-knockin
Happy Birthday TC
And may your birthday be filled with sweet memories
May Our Lord keep you safe, healthy and wise
To walk together in yours and your loved ones lives
God bless- Angie Cheang