A Tribute
Tan Kim Kee1930 - 2006
time would not stop still for me.
thursday evening of the 26th of January, 5:13pm
no one beside you
yet i wished for the minutes to fly by, the taxi to speed up
but i was too late.
i remember your words, your last few words.
be filial; listen to your mum.
heart aching as your cries of "Nurse!" filled
the room. where once
delicious smells wafted,
ngoh hiang, popiah, chicken wings.
and you loved kfc.
so goodbye for now.
goodbye to your wonderful dishes, birthday gifts,
the nagging, your favourite songs,
your suffering and pain. but most of all,
goodbye to you.
i'll see you in heaven, por-por.
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many many grateful thanks to all who came to the wake or sms-ed me. really felt much better & more comforted. it's been a roller-coaster ride. i can't describe my emotions much; but shock & sadness pretty much sums it up. now i'm better though. i know she's resting in His arms. leaving you with a few words from Wordsworth's Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood:
"Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind".
Tan Kim Kee
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