Legacy Of Anthony N. Sabga (1923-2017) Poem by ENOCH JOHN

Legacy Of Anthony N. Sabga (1923-2017)



When we are gone, who will remember our name;
Will the gathering dust, cobwebs and weeds cover our tombstone?
Will our deeds be erased from the scrolls of men?
All these and more are the relevant questions the transient soul asks.

I can't say if he was amiable or possessed his fair share of piety,
Of his demeanour, except for the pictures in the newspaper,
I can only conjecture,
But here is a man who came from humble beginnings and became a prince among men,
He who left the brown earth of the Middle East and made the brown earth of Trinidad home,
He who walked on the promenade of hope, the esplanade of achievement,
Always thinking and believing that this land of the Humming Bird,
could be a paradisal eden.

So here was a leader of men like Achilles was to the Myrmidons from Thessaly,
Who, by the sheer power of imaginative genius and hard work,
appended his nomenclature not just to business empire but to philanthropy itself,
So this poem heralds the syntax of tribute juxtaposed with the metaphors of greatness;
Earth, fire, wind and water unite in one elemental voice of praise,
Of a life which was his odyssey through a Caribbean seascape,
Leaving a legacy that will be forever emblazoned in our minds.


What then poet, is legacy? Give us an understanding here.
Legacy is a thoroughbred horse that Anthony N Sabga rode, now others can ride it to their destination;
Legacy is a self-portrait(or a selfie) that you leave behind and it inspires others;
Legacy is leaving a beacon lit so that others could walk in its sempiturnal light!

Saturday, May 6, 2017
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