July 27, 2013, 7:44 pm


My dearest darling Fazly,


When I get numb with the


‘Missing you’ feeling


You roll in as a wave


And get me moving


Some times you arrive as the sunrise


Some times the sunset


Clouds, bird or a butterfly


Winds that blow soft


You appear as Venus


The bright evening star


When sleep disappears


Smile as the moon from afar


One day you are there - as a hum of a song


On another day - even as the ‘blue’ train’s horn


You are the beautiful flower - that blooms in the terrace


Or the new colour - that appears in my palette


As a mild fragrance - on a frail day


A calm rhythmic prayer - after a hard way


I’m waiting for the day - that you’ll come and say,


‘I will not leave you.  I’ve come back to stay’


Your ever-loving Ano


Colonel FazlyLaphir, PWV, RWP, RSP, Commanding Officer, 1st Regiment Special Forces, died in action on July 19, 1996 while on a rescue mission in Mullaitivu).

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