Before World War Two Begun, I was assigned here The Impregnable

Fortress; Singapore It would be an easy job I thought to myself

Singapore was strong She possessed great guns and ships She would never fall

But this foolish thought Would prove not to be the case When the attacks came

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As one man, I must Decide the fate of thousands; I had no option.

Roar of the Tiger Issued the ultimatum. Yes or no? he asked.

I was trapped between,

Resistance and surrender; I had no option.

Gone was the glory, With the capitulation I had to be blamed.

As I paced around In Changi Prison; I wondered What might have been

Little did I know The pain Singapore would face Surrendering cost

Even though I was Released when they surrendered I walked; lived in shame

I can never sleep In peace; the fifty thousand Deaths during Sook Ching