Sonnet of Jane

By De Ming

It was six in the evening,

Right after a weekly church meeting,

I smiled at the people with my right hand waving,

For my Mom was impatient and it was time I was leaving.

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A friend called me to halt and hugged me that day,

It was an awkward moment as I groped for something to say,

My brain was exhausted from thinking, yet my lips were silent,

So I stood there and held her like iron.

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I stared at her for one last time,

Trying my best to remember that face,

For I knew that this great friend of mine,

Shall disappear from my life, leaving hardly a trace.

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I wished I had spent more time with her,

And oh, how I wish I could tell her,

That all I ever hoped for was to be closer.

Yet in truth I was already attached to her.

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I hope to once again to see that smile,

I hope to chat with her just a while,

Yet hope as I may,

My dear friend just could not stay.

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And now Malaysia shall be a colder place,

For it now misses her laughter,

And now Malaysia shall lose yet another wonderful face,

As she stepped out of those man made border.

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The lives of many shall never be the same,

For the people cry out for a girl named Jane,

For once they were touched,

Forever they will change.

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As I end this sonnet of mine,

I would like to say just one last time,

Remember this tall and noisy friend,

As you begin life on Australian land.

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Sincerely by Mr. Gan