Light Up The Skies - A Tribute To Women Poem by Andrew W.K. Yip

Light up the skies - A tribute to women

Andrew W.K. Yip

'God created us in the Garden of Eden,
A man and a woman, so equal, so complete,
An inspiration of love and unimaginable beauty;
But remember, they both have risen to compete.'

'I rise as a woman with the same hopes and dreams;
I rise to be part of you as a family so complete,
To complete the empty parts of me, wanting to be full on my own,
Still I rise with you in combined strength no force can beat.

I rise with all women to celebrate the paths of achievements paved.
Some may still abuse power and trick humanity with lies.
Few women can go on in any place, ignorant, exploited or even enslaved,
But equal to set the world on fire and help light up the skies.'

Photograph 'The Lady with long hair' by Yip Cheong Fun, FRPS, EFIAP, Cultural Medallion, Singapore 1984.