A Fond Tribute

A new day dawns Your great soul gone A new grief borne This solemn morn Sadness now roams All around home Sea of faces Teary gazes A people mourn A soul well-known A loss to time A broken chime A style and poise A missing voice This was a man Our own best friend March tells the tale With poignant wails Sad is the air Beyond compare Tributes speak proof Of love's hard truth Goodbye dear man As sorrow bends Wing on your way To soul's pure rays You've earned your rest From toils and tests Here on these grounds Your touch profound So much and more Pragmatic shores What a blessing In your being In simple hearts Fond echoes start A nation mourns A son, our own Say our goodbyes As our hearts sigh You made us more In Singapore We pray your soul Will journey whole So rest in peace Let love fund ease Leon Enriquez 26 March 2015 Singapore