Flowering plants bushes trees
Bringing harmony and peace
For birds butterflies a treat
A beckoning place to retreat
Early days spent in a place so grand
Happy childhood in such a fairyland
In the middle a comfortable house
Good memories these arose
For six early years with such memory
Of a happy and loving family
Good living nothing wanting
A paradise in the making
Neighbours kind and friendly
Helping each other pleasantly
Hawkers and vendors on their rounds
All with their own calling sounds
Walking to town school everywhere
The bicycle in those days not so rare
The rickshaw hand drawn and hooded
Struggling with it heavily loaded
Not nice to see such human toil
Makes ones blood boil
The hand drawn rickshaw got abolished
Pedalled trishaws began to flourish
Tick Tock the mee - goreng man
Making his rounds following his plan
With eggs oil given
A plate of hot mee - goreng taken
Every morning without fail
We hear the vegetable man hail
Selected items including fish
Housewives chose for their daily dish
For dry provisions to Johore Bahru town
Chinnaiah Pillays shop well renowned
Orders early each month given
To the house by trishaw taken
Always orange crush bottles a dozen
Not a single bottle gets broken
Gunny string to tie used
Refreshing fizzy drink never refused
Trips to town looked forward
At the coffee shop ice creams flavoured
A fathers treat for his son
After a long walk in the sun
Early days at school
In Mr Khoo`s car pool
Ngee Heng Primary at first
Bukit Zaharah Secondary next
My teachers several
Cherayth Chen Gurnam Singh all to marvel
Discipline with love combined
Strict and also kind
In this way went by my first few years
No cause for any fears
Happy in natures embrace
With a loving family`s grace
M P Prabhakar
7.9.2015
PJ
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