Lest we Forget

Silent shadows filing up the tropical mountains  
Forced death march by the conquerer  
God turned away from his children  
Who fought and killed for dominance of His creations  

In a land other than their own  
Full blasts, angry greedy minds of puny leaders  
To ground the meek, force the inhabitants  
To bow to their mighty civilisation,  

The proud  Flag of the Rising Sun flew  
Flew over Borneo, over the Pinoys,  
The Sulus, the kings of the seas  
The sea dwellers, the seafarers  
The tribal hill  warriors  
The graceful plains people  

The sky woke up to man-made lightnings  
The ground shook with thunder  
The innocent lost their loved ones  
Lost their innocence  

Hell's gate opened, Paradise lost,  
Fruits of rape, pillage and plunder  
Of mindless acts urged by lust  
hate and anger  

The Islanders know still
We will always remember.