If I were to spend one last day here on earth <br />Before I’d be deprived of my life and breath <br />I’d spend my last moments with the homeless <br />Painting their long gloomy faces with happiness <br />I’d walk into the empty streets to a crying child <br />Give him my hands to hold and heart to hide <br /> <br />My last moments here on this spherical earth <br />Will be shared with those who live in dearth <br />I’ll share with them from the little in my purse <br />For I can’t bear to see their everyday get worse <br />And those who hide their faces and live in shame <br />I’ll, in exchange for their pains give them fame <br /> <br />If I were to spend one last day here on earth <br />Before I’d meet with the inevitable – death <br />I’d spend my very last moments here in Africa <br />Although I'm away, I would come back to Nigeria <br />Millions of people die there through diseases <br />Before I’d die, I’d pray to God that it ceases<br /><br />Emmanuel Emesakoru<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-last-moments-here-on-earth/
