There’s a Road ……
In memory of our
beloved
Colleagues who are no
more
1. S.R. (Sunil) de Silva
2. A.R.K. (Russel) Paul
3. Dawne de Silva Paul
4. Bernard Randeniya
5. Niriella Chandrasiri
6. V. Ganeson
7. L.G.D.K. (Irwin) Herath
8. V.Kunasingham
9. B.L. Perera
10. B. Somasunderam
11. K.Sunderampillai
12. Tudor Wickramarachchi
13. K.N. (Kiththa) Wimalaratne
14. Anna Ponnambalam Sathiagnanan
15. A. Satchitananda
16. N. Sivakumar
17. T.A. Dayaratne
18. Sidath Jayanetti
19. N. Balakumar
20. Kamali Nimalasuriya de Silva
21. K. Sri Kantha
22. P. Lucien Perera
23. Priya (Gunaratna) de Silva
24. Arul (Sivaguru) Balasubramaniam
25. W. Punsiri Fernando
26. W. Rajasooriyar
27. M.P.C. Jaimon
28. S. Vedavanam
29. Farouk Mohamed
There’s a road
that’s made of memories
Starting from
our med school days
Each colleague
left us souvenirs
As we happily
went our ways
Our hope was
that, of everyone
Having a rich
and fruitful life
Work to be
mixed with a bit of fun
Not much in the
way of strife
Then, news of
loss of the very first life
We thought they
were playing the fool
‘He died with
his kids and wife!’
Next, ‘who
could just drown in a pool’?
More losses
unexpected
By heart attack
and accident
Each sad news
left hearts dented
Were they an
unfortunate precedent?
Lucian rang me
out of the blue
I am in the UK
and very soon
I’ll visit you!
Yes, it’s true!
Next there’s an
accident and doom!
Bala was in
real high spirit
Get post-grad
exams fast he can
He will top the
list of merit
And bring pride,
to his great clan
He too met his
death too early
Then followed
by Bernard and Dawn,
Hearts broken
we cried dearly
They had just
reached, life’s first morn
How ‘bout BL I
met at a meeting
Anna would come
if we could take her
Arul was sorry
but sent a greeting
Then they went
to meet their maker!
We spent time
with such great mates
What can be,
the best five years
Suddenly they
go through Pearly Gates
Leaving us, in
real sad tears
Siva, Satch, Sidath,
Irwin
Leaving too
early, were our fears
Didn’t you know
we’d be grieving?
Crying till
there’s no more tears?
Priya, Kamali
Arul, you gave a shock
To us all, you’re
such close friends
Sri Kantha,
Bala you were our rock
Never thought
your time here ends
Tho’ each name
not get a mention
Your faces are
truly carved in stone
You are in a
‘period of detention’
We’ll be with
you, you’re not alone.
Zita Perera Subasinghe (the
poem) and Mahendra Gonsalkorale (the rest!)
Feb 2017
