I wish you all my colleagues and your families Best Wishes this Season and a Happy New Year 2015!
From: Zita Perera Subasinghe
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What was it all about?
What was it all about?
O yes 2014, what was it about?
Was it An Act, or a jest?
Dressed to the nines, smart no doubt
Sad inside but in Sunday best?
It started with a song and dance
But it all went up in smoke
Big start- ups, in with a chance
Now it seems, ‘twas just a joke
Exam, Project or Conference
We, our kids, and our friends
Did in total ignorance
Of where this fab dream ends!
Joyful celebrations continued
But so also did the wars
Replete with enslavement, servitude
While some dreamt of going to Mars!
One country standing against another
In the name of caste and creed
One man standing against his brother
What triumphed was selfish greed
Few good things like lights twinkled
Few good men, noble, strong
Were like stars sparsely sprinkled
As midnight sky gave way to dawn
Illness sprang in some locations
Valuable men and innocents died
But others’ help and selfless actions
Their great value, can’t be denied
When a plane was lost in flight
We held our heads in hands and cried
But when one was shot down in the night
Even our faith in humanity died
Now a chapter’s due to end
We’re to open another page
Let us think not ‘foe’ but ‘friend’
We need the wisdom of a sage
The New Year sows a brand new seed
A glimmer of hope, a peaceful dawn
But it’s down to thought and deed
Of every man, woman and child born
Let us not be sullen or sad
A new vision! New Hope! New Dawn!
The sun is shining, let’s be glad
As we greet the New Year’s morn
