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To Sonia

You wanted to catch a bus for home –

You rode a chariot to Heaven, a ray of light?

You crossed the busy Northbourne –

You reached the other bank to River Life.

 

A mother leaves behind her children

their journeys to go on

A loving daughter of The Father

joins Him where tears are none.

 

Go! The traffic sign said – they say

Go – you did to the green pastures, your spirit’s hay.

Go – to the Shepherd’s bay

Go – rest from this tiring day.

 

So long, friend.

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Written by
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M / Los Baños, Ph
Published
Sep 5, 2021
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27.x.1994, 2330H

I wrote this poem on 27 October 1994. It's dedicated to the memory of Ms. Sonia Castro, then an AusAID scholar from the Philippines taking an advanced degree at the Australian National University. She perished in an accident on the busy Northbourne Avenue, in Canberra, ACT, Australia,

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