Wednesday, November 6, 2013

This is my message to my little niece Johanna, "Hello dear Johanna, Welcome to our world, little angel. I don't know how to express my joy, on seeing you in your mom's FaceBook pictures ! How I wish to be present near you and hold you in my arms! I may be 4250.16 nautical miles away from you, But remember, you will always be in my heart!
Since you are new to our world, I invite you to learn history! History tells us the story of mankind on the planet earth! It would also be useful to predict the future! You can learn from the mistakes of the past and create a better future by learning our history!
I really wish you would leave an encouraging mark on the history of mankind! I dedicate one of my poems on History to you!
Dear Johana, This is you uncle's poem for you!

'History' is a 'Mystery' land,
On the shores of which we would soon disband,
Her citizens are plenty, men of every kind,
Though a handful few, leave their mark behind,
Emperors and kings with power & might,
Generals and admirals of Valor & hindsight,
Scientist and scholars with fascinating minds,
Tyrants and criminals along their plight,
We all travel on this ship called 'Life',
Entertained & Enlightened through all her strife,
We know not how we came aboard,
Nor the time we get ashore,
Through the spyglass we see those men,
Now well settled in History's own land,
By our thoughts and bold actions,
We mold ourselves for that stead,
Will we leave our foot-prints by their side?
Or become yet another lil' grain of sand!
It is for us to determine and decide,
In History's marvellous mystery land!
- Camilo Fernando

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