Sudden death came to me this hour.
I expected to die but not this moment:
When I am on the height of my prime,
my familycelebrates my promotion,
my nurse son just turned Nurse II,
my daughter is second now on her Internship,
my second grandson attended his grade I class,
so much good things I had to witness and feel glad!
My colleague would give an eulogy for me:
my boss will speak of my contributions to the office,
my assistant would be saying howI lead by example,
my interns would remember how kind I taught them,
my mentors would mention how cooperative I am,
others would mention I gave them acrostic poems,
over-all they would say I am a good person and talented.
My family would be teary eyed to gave their individual eulogy:
my mother would be first to say 'she loves me very much'
my father would not say much but agree to my mom's testimony,
my brothers and sisters would say I am a good borther to them,
my wife would probably say I am her true love and life,
my children would surely say ' We will miss you daddy'
But, if i could answer them all from where I lay now
I will say to them ' I am not perfect, I just did what any good mortal person does'
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
This poem made me think about what might people say about me when my appointed time to meet the Lord comes. Well, anyway, what others might say about me wouldn't matter as much as what the Lord will say to me when we meet. Just giving my thoughts. But anyway, this is a very impressive poem. God bless you! - Yehoshua Shim'onai