Friends of Different Shades

Sometimes in life, even when you are very young, your path may cross with the path of an amazing person.

Our mother has that streak in her. She picks up stray cats, stray dogs, but most int erestingly, she chances upon many unique people. They come and go through Sibu and Miri. Some may come from very unusual places like a little town in Germany or a well known university in Denmark. Our lives are enriched in many ways.

One remarkable person we met through our mother is Mr.Camillus Ong who taught many years in SMK Trusan. After our mother met him, she "recruited" him for the teachers' college. A poet, a good conversationalist and a good "mixer" Mr. Camillus (as all of us call him that because he is a teacher) shares with us many of his poems. Here is on for you too.

Friends of Different Shades

by Camillus Ong, 2005

Friends come and go
Different roads beckon them
Some become successful
Some remain unknown
Some become vindictive

The comes a point
Where these souls meet
Some find joy
Some feel insignificant
Some find renewed resentment

Then off they go
And as their journey nears the end
some with a smile they go
Some with emptiness close their eyes
Sopme with hatred to lead them home.