Soar to Heaven

Soar to Heaven

Soar to Heaven

Rena Ong

We try to build our nests among the stars.
Travelling to Utopia, to land on red dust.
Questions asked since the time of
Qu Yuan soar to heaven.
Praises are sung to man’s aspirations,
not looking in the mirror at the chasm reflected
between the holy and the human.
A negative image reveals our dark side
against the divine potential of what can be attained.
How paradise is regained, from Eden
via resurrection, rather than our endeavour,
as we wait for the New Jerusalem.


Rena Ong
Poet

Photography by Joey Samante