Dear Mervyn,
To be Shared with your Global Friends & Family Members.
Poem composed by Mervyn at the age of 14!
It is by chance I managed to capture this poem posted below, composed by yourself when you were only 14.
From the time my wife Betty and myself have known you, kindly introduced to us by our best friends Denzyl & Pam Sequeira, we have remained great friends and always admired all what you and your wife have done from your young age, until today, and you will always remain my special hero, a gentleman I admire. That is the reason I have followed all your background captured from posts viewed via your enterprising family members who all admire you and enjoy your lovely singing and playing your harmonica, singing songs in English, Konkani Goan and African languages. (Your musical album recorded by Denzyl and myself says it all).
Keep up your musical talents and your friendly personality where everyone love you.
Your family blog I created for you and your family should be shared with all your Global friends. Please feel free to forward the link below titled:-
Mervyn & Elsie Maciel Family
https://mervynmaciel.blogspot.com/
Your family blog will continue to be updated with all your future posts, writing articles and playing your music, and before long Denzyl & myself will release a new musical album with your Golden voice & Harmonica playing.
Take care. Love to all your family members and friends.
Benny & Betty De Souza
xxx
Poem composed by Mervyn at the age of 14!
SINKING OF PASSENGER SHIP SS TALAWA
https://mervynmaciel.blogspot.com/p/in-memory-of-ss-tilawa.html
https://mervynmaciel.blogspot.com/p/thornton-heath-man-one-of-last.html
Sinking of passenger ship Tilawa Commemorated on 83rd anniversary in UK
HAZEL WROTE
Dear Ben
Just as I was thinking all was TOO QUIET on the East Side You came up with this amazing story. I have corresponded directly with you Mervyn Maciel but did not know this detail How terribly tragic.. a reminder that there is a higher Power, a Greater Purpose and anothers Indescribable Life beyond Our Wildet dreams and Imaginations.
This story makes me stronger, as I now have almost a full year as a widow and face my children who live their first Christmas without their Dad. We also mourned the loss of Joe de Lord, Chicot Vaz, Cousins and Aunties in Toronto so many other friends- and my Cousin Dr Armando Menezes only last week funeral in Barnsley UK
This time of the year always takes me right back to my parents..and Zanzibar.. that first amazing journey across the Indian Ocean that my Dad had taken before 1928-38 but my Mom had just made once right after their wedding Karachi 1938.. Just before WW11.. As it turned my sister and I stayed over for 2 years Mom had Desnond Baby number 5 born in Karachi Dad returned to Zanzibar.. and we were all reunited only 2 years later DEC 18 1948.. and went straight from the BI Boat to GI Christmas Tree Party !
It was all done by The Very same Lord Balfour Commission - who also saw the birth of a New Jewish State of Israel N J S O I separated from The Rest of the Middle East!
Now that I live and am an American in the USA Pearl Harbor Dec 7 is noted..and more robustly as is the Bombing of Hirroshima dn Nagasaki..
That whole sad saga of "human brotherhood" gone wrong.. for hundreds of years..fighting in every nation every island every continent.. Will change come ?
It will !
I say with absolute certainty ! Yes it will.
Yes it is because I played marbles with Benito and won a couple from time to time.. when I was about 10 years old.. I say Yes for sure..! I can win a little of something some time.
"Those children" Maciel , Benito, .myself and millions of others now aged 83 85 90 97 have to really look at Dick Van Dyke 100 today and I know for sure Dance away with Mary Poppins ! and or the Chimney sweeps !!
Yes "there's a feeling of Christmas" in the Air, at Sea under the warm blankets when the tempertaues dip to Zero Farenheit as they did last week as I drove to daily Morning Mass.. Wow that was a sight it went from my Garage showing 27 F to 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.. 1F
Only once before in the 50 years here in New England did I see ZERO on my automobile dashboard .. I wondered then if the car had stopped as it was past midnight a few years ago what would I do? Sheer panick gripped me - but it did not stop and I got home and into my garage.
We do spend much time wondering "what if".. never more that when December 1963 came upon us.. after DEC 9 1961 Tanganyika and October 9 1962 Uganda Dec 12 1963..Kenya our last Christmas in Zanzibar.
Now I remember fondly how I actually was taken to that last GI dance by a couple of the young men who came to my house from the GI next door and insisted I go to the dance ! Much to the amazement of my parents no doubt (already in bed by then) I got dressed in five minutes and left.! and Here we are Dec 13..2025.. what might have been, or could have, or should have and never happened - does not matter .
What we all know for sure that "Soon it will be Christmas Day" December 22 it will be just a few minutes longer Daylight time..The LIGHT of the World Sunlight glowing longer after in the Winter's Solstice.
I was born in the Vernal Solstice 6 hours Day 6 Hours Night right on the Equator a harbinger of Springytime
The light of all sons put together makes for reality truly spectacular. .More Beautiful than mere sunshine ever could!
So I am Wishing you all, a Blessed holy Happy Prayerful Season now till February 1 -.
That is the date Bosco left us one year ago . then on to CandleMass Day Mardi Gras and the next season. ..
Hazel.
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On Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 11:11:26 AM EST, Benito De Souza <benny@benitodesouza.com> wrote:
Dear Mervyn,
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Mervyn Maciel's Poem at the age of 14
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Best Regards - Benny
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