Rebirth Are For These Poem by john tiong chunghoo

what weird reasons
they tie up rebirth with
till they knot our thoughts
of the workings of the Creator

shouldnt rebirth be for those
who go against nature,
the divine who day in
and day out points out
his plan for us at the
bottom of our heart?

top of these are
those who dont give
a hoot to their inclinations
inner urges, thousand hands
of God to help them
walk on the path of his plans

a man who knows
his mind would bloom
and do a world of justice
with his verses but troops off
to be a fashion designer
for the metres of glamour
on stage and the papers

a man who knows he would be
more happy to be a teacher
but walks the shoes of his mother
to be a doctor imprisoning
himself with the sick and drugs

a woman who fares so well
as a dancer looks, talent and spirit
but takes up architecture
because her peers think
she should be drawing lines
to make buildings dance

behind all these are
those cold and
unmerciful bars
that imprison and torture
creatures blood, veins
and nerves till they long
long for nothing but the freedom
in the sky of their choice

these senseless creatures
they are reborn again and again
till they hold the hands of the divine
and walk on that path of the heart
meant to bring out the best of creation