Rizal in a Garden

 Rizal in a Garden 

Dr Abe V Rotor

 

    Under the sun and rain night and day,

birds alight and chirp and fly away,

children lilt at play and babies cry.  

among the throng just passing by;

many flowers bloom and softly die,

where an icon may peacefully lie. ~

 

Author fixes bust of Philippine national hero Dr Jose P Rizal at

the San Vicente Botanical Garden (Living with Nature Center,

San Vicente, Ilocos Sur).  The icon is a masterpiece of the late

Francisco “Boy” Peralta, a local sculptor.

 

 

Close-up photos of the icon that needed periodic cleaning from

dirt and scum. The icon is now enshrined at the Living with Nature

 garden, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur. ~