IN MEMORIAM

IN OUR HOME TOWN OF MORATUWA

PEOPLE ALWAYS CALLED HIM CAPTAIN

HE FLEW SPITFIRES AND DAKOTAS
IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF AVIATION

I CERTAINLY COULD NEVER BE THE PILOT HE WAS
I PROBABLY WOULD NEVER BE AS GOOD A HUMAN BEING EITHER
I WOULD ONLY BE THE CAPTAIN’S SON

I WISH I COULD TELL HIM THIS, BUT I CAN’T
HE IS LONG GONE
THAT IS WHAT IS SO SAD ABOUT IT

I’M SURE THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES
WITH THINGS UNSAID, WOULD KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT

CAPT. ELMO JAYAWARDENA
elmojay1@gmail.com