Come back to us, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Now. ( poem )

 Come back to us, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Now.

Now,

where are you?

why are you not here

Now?

Now,

we need you !

the world needs you

Now !

Now,

don't you miss

your old close and not-too-close friends:

Kissinger, Mahathir, etc…

Who are

Now

still alive;

And who

Now

definitely miss you back

(the former sings your name openly till

Now

the latter quite quietly admires you till

Now);

and who are

Now,

perhaps,

already too old

(just like how you may be

If you are still here

Now.)

but all also maybe not too old,

even till

Now.

Ask them

Now

and we may know the answer

Now.

Now,

You are FREE amid this chaos,

Like many others who have been freed from life

Now;

Who may miss you

Now;

and are definitely too old

Now.

Now

do you miss them as well:

Deng Xiao Ping, Chiang Ching Guo etc…

Or maybe not

Because You may have reunited with them

Now.

Or maybe not. We for sure no know for sure

Now.

How about their heirs and sons

Now?

You bred a more superior child thankfully ,

who's still on duty even

Now

And maybe, for you, the genes passed down till

Now

-that which you believed so much maybe even till

Now

to him you are an Ariel

Now.

Now

If asked all of those gone

Are you too Old?

Is it too late?

We know not the answer

even till

Now.

But

Now,

if you ask your friends alive

Now

if you ask the world,

Now,

Before and after

…

the world will miss you

Your former friend says

Now.

Now

we miss

you

Now.

Now,

the world miss

you,

Now.

Now,

your loved ones definitely miss you.

You must remember

And go back to those you mean a lot to

and those who mean a lot to You

Now.

Now

may you be reunited with those alive

now.

To return as beacon of hope you once were

Now.

Now,

Things happen so quickly,

Perhaps too quickly, but maybe not.

You were a year into your ninth decade,

Just within a couple of years, soo, no, too much drama

Now.

Now

is not the time for missing

But for action,

Which must be taken

Now.

And as a man of action

what is your call

Now ?

for you to choose :

Now,

Resuscitate,

If no longer possible, than

Undo the cremation,

Reassemble the pieces.

Now,

Resurrect,

if not,

we may not be able to hold on

any longer.

Now,

Reincarnate,

at least

revive the chakras

Give life a chance...

Now,

if you are revived,

we must celebrate

with ceremonies grander than

your funeral,

the national day parades,

displayed before

Now.

but pragmatically not, especially

Now.

but even without the grand gestures

Now,

which you will pragmatically not mind

Now,

you shall return

Now.

Now.

If not

Now

then when?

If not you

Then who?

Our Mr Lee Kuan Yew

Maybe not, maybe together,

and, given the gift of death,

Now,

both of you and many others,

freed from the chain of life,

are truly free,

it is a given,

not even a choice,

and nobody can force you

to even come back

but

now

you may have the choice and must choose

now,

to rise from your ashes,

to break out from the coffin vase,

to climb out of the burial entrapments,

to step out from the columbarium , or earlier on,

to jump up from your sickbed

to come back to them if they have not gone to you

to your family,

to us,

to the open singer and quiet admirer

to the rest of the world.

perhaps not, but maybe you will make the decision to.

but as a man of your words,

does even death spare you

from the words you utter

and promises made in your life?

and if not, You shall escape death

and the freedoms it gives,

the freedoms you now enjoy

and come back to this

Lifeless life,

Earthless earth,

Death-like existence.

NOW

should you not get up

NOW

from your rest place which may be becoming restless

NOW

when you

feel that something is wrong

NOW

NOW

No time to wait.

NOW

that's non-negotiable

NOW

NOW

come back to us,

Mr lee Kuan Yew,

we miss you

dearly,

desperately,

daringly

Now

NOW

Please return to Us

NOW!

NOW!!

NOW!!!

now,

come back to us,

not just us, Singaporeans,

but us,

Humans.

now,

yet never.

and forever...

You may not return

in the form of the body,

and no mater how much you deny that you are a spiritual person,

you will not only return, but stay on :

as a spirit overlooking our Island;

as an Ariel to your son;

as a world leader to the Globe,

and remembered dearly,

by the rest of us

even till

now

and

for

ever...

from

now...

Aw Ke Shen, Aug 2022