OUR REMARKABLE LEE KUAN YEW

Our remarkable Lee Kuan Yew,
One of the very, very few,
Born and bred, a brilliant mind,
A rare individual, one of a kind.

A polymathic master of politics,
A dancing wizard of linguistics,
A great leader, truly exceptional,
An adviser, internal and external.

He had looked and having seen
How weak our hearts had been.
A pragmatist, for heaven's sake.
That did not a pessimist make.

Making speeches full of power,
Charisma perching on the tower,
His exhortations a joy to hear,
With opinions frank and sincere.

Of all his concerns, at the core
Was to build up tiny Singapore.
Failure, to him, would be a crime,
So, he devoted to it his lifetime.

His iron rules driven by passion
Laws applied with determination,
Numb from it, we didn't flinch,
As they tightened inch by inch.

Results were always spectacular,
Though, some hardly popular,
Still, all good and goal-driven.
To be accepted and forgiven.

So, he never seek from us love,
As his loyalty sprang from above.
To him, much respect is due,
I can only offer "Sir, I thank you!"