On Silence | QLRS Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003

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On Silence
For Ee Tiang Hong (1933-1990)

You once said:
‘Silence is the purest language.’

And now you lie, somewhere
Between ‘earth and sky’,

While below you I stand,
Not able to say a word.

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