If I Die Today Poem by Daniel Martino

If I die today I will leave so many things undone
I will condemn myself for the wasted time.

For the day of worries that I dumbly trade
for happy hours.

For the moment that I didn’t tell my wife how much I love her
instead of arguing for ordinary things.

Undone dreams that were long ago alive.
Undone goals and education bonds.

Oh if I die today, there will be nothing for me left behind
nothing of me to help the world, nothing of my part.

If I die today, it will be like anybody else dead,
like a bird, or a dog or a cat.


will the bird in the trees stop singing? or
will the people stop playing music?

I thanks thousand times to God that I am still alive
and I can so now do this things, because tomorrow
who knows tomorrow? ...