A Touching Farewell

41 years to date (Kuala Kangsar – Prep School MCKK)

On the 4th January 1968
I meet this lad from Kelantan at the gate
Small of build, fair and Afro head?...
Hair not black like us but brown instead
His speech was eloquent In English so fluent.
A lad from Kelantan?
Where English was hardly spoken!
Friends we became
And the journey began
In school that bred A brotherhood of men
Off to England we then went
Student life all hell bent
Never for a minute did we falter
For us the challenge was itself an adventure
We returned with ideals and wanting change
But change came, to us instead
Little that we know what lie ahead
Family and fatherhood was laying in wait
As our children grew
Their lives entwined
Into the fabric that we designed
Now their lives and ours become one
For them, their journeys too had just begun
You did so much in short a time
Exceeded in every goals put on the line
You left a legacy for all to see
On every highway and roads we will remember thee
Now you left us with only memories
Your calling came so early
We will miss you in all we do
Until then my dearest friend adieu

(Al-Fatihah 1955 - 2009 – Dato’ Dr. Ramli Mohammad)

Azizan Pilus