A POEM

September 24, 2008

 

 

I would rather have one little rose

from the garden of a friend

than to have the choicest flowers

when my stay on earth must end

 

I would rather have a pleasure word

in kindness said to me

than flattery when my heart is still,

and life has ceased to be.

 

I would rather have a loving smile

from friends i know are true

than tears shed ’round my casket

when to this world i bid adieu.

 

Bring me all your flowers today,

whether pink, or white, or red.

I’d rather have one blossom now

than a truckload when i”m dead.

 

- Mr. Arsenio B. Martin -

former IMEDECO Chairman

 

This poem got my attention yesterday. It was written on a piece of paper and artistically decorated with a beatiful picture of the receipient of this wonderful gift. It was posted on top of a computer that I was using in IMEDECO Office (Imus Municipal Employees Development Cooperative) as a gift for Ms. JC by Mr. Martin. The poem has no author written and nobody in the office knew the Title and the “real” author of this remarkable literary piece so we presumed that the late Mr. Martin wrote this. I had no intention of plagirizing this poem and if somebody happens to know the real author of this, please let me know.