Saturday, November 02, 2013

the home of the departed souls


The home of the departed souls
In Tambun on the sunny bright day
The Catholics arrived parked cars at the graveyard
Along the side roads too

The flowers people
They set up stalls to sell goods
The drink stalls a good business
And a volunteer collecting alms and donations

The crowd of people
The yellow and black skinned
The young and old different sizes and bodies curves
They walk the path under the hot sun

Nobody wants to complain
It is the All Souls Day...
The graveyard of flowers and people praying
The home of the departed souls

The names we find
The departed souls we know
Choong Ah Ngai, Chan Hon Por, Lena Woodworth
Charles Woodworth and Jayapalan couple

The prayer offered
The remembrance of their times with us
Though they left decades ago
The memories stay in our minds


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