If I disappeared one day,
just one very ordinary, insignificant day,
would anyone notice that I was missing?

Would anyone come looking for me?

I know it has been about a week since the dragon boat incident,
but I've never really felt the impact until today.

I remembered catching a glimpse of the photos of the 5 in the papers last night,
and having the shock of my life.
I mean, I know that one of the men is from SIM,
but I didn't know that THAT'S HIM until I saw the picture.

He's the one who always came around with a petite bubbly girl,
(I heard that her name's Jocelyn)
to regale the bunch of us with silly jokes during the break of our soci class last yr
He's the one who is, was (I don't know which tense to use!)
supposed to be flashing me friendly smiles every Thursday morning during POA this yr.

Although I never knew him personally,
he has somehow become a familiar face in my SIM life.

There was an aura of sadness in the POA class this morning,
as Mr Balwant Singh talked about him,
as the group of Dragons walked out of the LT as a collective team
in the middle of lecture,
to see him off on his final journey.

I heard that Jocelyn cried her eyes out.

I'm sure many would cry at my funeral,
although whether out of grief or ecstacy,
I can't tell.

But I do wonder,
how many will worry themselves to tears if I just vanished one day?

How many will really come looking for me?

It is easy missing someone with the knowledge that they're gone forever,
but what about noticing that
that someone is missing?