What Will I Leave Behind?

An Inspirational Poem!

 

 

I have written poetry for twenty

years and now I have to ask

What will I leave behind when I 

one day have passed?

 

I've shared my deepest thoughts

and let you peel away my shell

I’ve allowed you to look into my

soul, hiding nothing from you

 

I’ve painted countless paintings

with each line that you've read

Do you wonder what I am like?

Can you shape me in your mind?

 

Greatness I am not, for I will not

follow Poe, Emerson or Dickinson

No, I have made my own path and

ask, will you remember me?

 

I leave you with few words and fewer

memories other than to ask

Will you tuck away a poem or two

and let my memory linger?

 

© 2002 Raymond Cook (All rights reserved)