WHY
NOT HUMILITY?
Erle
Frayne Argonza y Delago
Why not be
humble at all moments
Of
association with fellowmen?
Didn’t
the shopworker teach you
That one
rudiment of survival
Is the
intelligent recognition
Of your
limitations’ omnipresence
Inspite of
endowments of craft & wealth?
For there
too are circumstances
That are
beyond you grasps
In the
snares of Naivete
And may
even cause a furor
Of gig and
limitless giggle?
For
Boastfulness and Arrogance
Are twin
eagles of deception
That once
they’d lift you aflight
They’d
shake you off the winds to crash
Tragically
on the solid ground
Of defeat
and humiliation?
O!
Humility!
You are a
noble messenger
That
speaks for transparent Security
One that
makes a person immensely cherished
By the
commonwealth of all men.
[Writ. 05
June 1988, Proj. 8, Quezon City, M.Manila]
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