You’ll never be forgotten

Tribute to a late and truly great friend!

By Stanley Collymore

 

You’re just another unfortunate casualty of

a world possessed of a distorted notion

of what its priorities are and as a

good, decent and caring person

who always put the needs of

others before your own it

was only a matter of

time before your

own victimhood

was itself

assured.

 

But despite the

cruel injustice and futility of your death

your memory and what you ethically

stood for live on permanently in the

hearts and minds of those of us

who were fortunate enough

to have known, loved and

deeply respected you.

 

Just as these attributes of yours will undoubtedly be a legacy

I’m sure to generations of as yet unborn Barbadians and

others globally who will hallow your memory and the

work that regrettably you were cut short from

completing, but which none the less must

continue for all time in the manner it

deservedly and proudly should be!

 

© Stanley V. Collymore

8 January 2011.

 

 

Footnote:

A solemn but deserving tribute to the late Right Honourable David Thompson MP, QC, friend and Prime Minister of Barbados who died in office and is much missed.