All in all...
All in all
it was not a bad fall
part of growing up they said
memories of games we played
mistakes we made
dreams we chased
tears we shed
joy we shared
from twelve to seventeen
frame by frame we replayed the scenes
longing for days of yesteryears
we arrived as strangers
we left as brothers!
All in all
yellow, white, red, black, blue and green
a rainbow of colours
of our splendour years
we were lucky to have fallen there
"tempat jatuh lagi di kenang!"
we rose from the dust, bruised but not broken
we bade our farewell, we left but never forgotten
we gathered our little memoirs and wrote words of wisdom
....words of wisdom can be loud, but actions speak louder...
...NATO is No Action Talk Only, surely we can do better!...
"friendship is based on handshakes, but brotherhood on trust!"
"no pain, no gain, so to keep striving we must!"
"as malay adage goes, ada ubi ada batas!"
"a popular saying repeated, there is no free lunch!"
a lots we have taken, yet so little given
to the place we all said, "ah so lucky we have fallen"
All in all
like a brick in the wall
all for one, and one for all
and it is not a matter of big or small
nor a question of short or tall
for if each of us give a little
we can make our fallen place, like a STAR that twinkles!
All in all
winter spring summer or fall
that place we have been
beckoning us back with hopes not spoken
to share and listen
to past dreams, to present rhymes
of stories which we have repeated so many times
of lemons we have turned into lemonades
of beliefs we have turned into a crusade
amongst us, friends of star
forever brothers, near or far
all in all
it was not a bad fall!
ariffin wrote from klia lounge
09.08.10