The Supreme Gift



Ponder this for awhile
If you think giving is out of style
It is if you give to benefit yourself
And not for the good of someone else
If you give from the heart with compassion
Others will know it’s still in fashion
You don’t have to be wealthy to give
Only a giving heart, a passion to live
My admiration is all for my son
He had only two, but gave up one
A kidney he gave, the supreme form of giving
A gift to his sister to go on living
They are both doing fine
Thank God and my son
He had only two
And gave up one

About this poem

Actually this poem was written by my father {John Sr}. He wrote this after I donated one of my kidneys to my sister.

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Written on December 03, 2013

Submitted by UJ on August 02, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDDEFDDGGHDID
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 505
Words 110
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16

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