THORNS FOR THE LIVING,ROSES FOR THE DEAD

THORNS FOR THE LIVING,

ROSES FOR THE DEAD

From dust we came

And to dust we shall return.

But between the first & last dusts,

There is life.

There is life which ought to be lived.

There is life which ought to be protected.

There is life which ought to be cherished,

And a precious life which ought to be fulfilling.

Life is for the living.

Life is for the breathing.

Life is for the homeless, whom you see each night,

Sleeping in the open at the mercy of the weather.

Life is for the unemployed,

Who hustles each day & night

Just to deposit a morsel of bread into his stomach.

Life is for the political fanatic,

Who fights tooth & nail to get his politician to power

At the peril of his life

Yet, gets ignored immediately his politician assumes office.

Life is for the taxpayer,

Whose loved ones drown in floods,

And whose properties perish whenever it rains,

Just because someone in authority shamelessly neglected his duties.

 If the life of man is priceless,

Let us exhibit that while he has breath.

Son,

 If you believe your mother deserves flowers,

Offer her flowers while she has breath to smell them.

Not when she’s 6 feet down & has no breath to appreciate them.

Man,

If you feel your woman deserves the best,

Take her shopping while her eyes could appreciate

The gold & silver-crusted ornaments & fabulous apparels.

Not when she’s been laid in state with her eyes shut.

Pastor,

If you think your congregation deserves to be in heaven,

Preach to them the uncomfortable but soul-saving

Words of salvation while they could hear.

Not when they’re sweating in caskets at their burial services.

Mr. Politician Head,

If you really see your people as human beings with dignity

Other than mere voting puppets,

Then improve their conditions & make life worth living for them.

Do not wait for them to gruesomely perish in avoidable disasters

Before declaring days of national mourning in their honour.

Honour them while they are alive.

They’re humans with priceless lives just like yours.

Man ought to live life in dignity & to the fullest.

Let’s pay more attention to the living.

Let’s stop feeding the living with thorns,

While we pamper the dead with fresh roses.

Life is for the living.

Let’s help our fellow men live it!