I don't know why but the past 2 times I went back to KR, it turned out to be rather emotional. Tonight was the ultimate.. I totally broke down during the teaching of the KR Goodnight Song and had to be comforted by a number of people: Kimberly, Shai, Gubu, Kendrick and Qingyou. And of course Eskie, who tut-tutted my woe-is-me look as usual. Hahah...
In any case, as I was on the bus home, I suddenly thought, "Now I know why the lao langs cry when they sing this song." And with that, a whole rush of other words just came into my mind. I've written them down and I'm planning to post it on the KR forum as well. For the life of me I couldn't think of a title so I just took the last word of the poem.
To my extended family in KR, this is for you:
The Song
Now I know why old men cry
When they hear their song.
Why couples dance in sweet embrace
To that lilting melody.
Today I turned and walked again
The path that once I passed.
And lined along that wretched path
Stood shadows that I knew.
Shadows of a recent past,
A life I left too soon.
We laughed and cried, shared pain and joy;
These shadows that I knew.
With fear and shame I hid myself.
I'd fled! And so I cried.
But without care, they dried my tears;
Shadows that were my friends.
So thus I stand, in gifts of strength,
Never to forget.
For you're my brother, and you - my sister
And I shall sing our song.
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