Requiem To Ruben Poem by Rene Bernales

"My requiem to Ruben"
By: RCB (Jose Domingo)


"Some friends stick closer than a brother" (from the Book of Proverbs)
This is what the Bible says,
And I find it true in many different ways,
You and I may differs in means- in traits and character or both concise,
Our persons are judged by the doctrine and norm of society's lies,
Like a pinch of yeast that makes the dough,
We carry on the bond in life all way through.
The smiles and laughter we both shared,
Eclipses our differences that fate had ushered,
For what friendship means to others had fret their thoughts?
Is in the merging of things and values they cared less about.

The friendship and dreams and thoughts we uttered,
On the plain shades of green and lines we murmured,
In tennis match we played and in golf-courses outlined,
Each stroke and swings we took our games defined.
Life's like that- a game's beginning and end,
It matters not who won the game,
Who lift the trophies or whose hands applauds,
Still the Supreme Judge commends to choose,
The honest one either he wins or lose.

When He who sound the trumpet calls,
Our souls have to heed its somber roar,
Death once mortal's feared, dreaded foe,
Is friend to them that subject know,
An equalizer of stature- respects no person high or low,
Becomes a caring friend to those of enlightened few,
Who ends the misery of ailing men.

Rest easy now my brother and friend,
Your journey has now come to its end,
Lift your eyes to the lowly plain,
And start life anew around the bend,
To a place where we as mortals dreamed at birth contend,
With dreadful anticipation and hopefully awaits,
To reckoned in death and live in a glorious state.


RCB
On the death of my friend- Ruben
Feb.16,2018 (Danver, Mass.)