Thursday, May 11, 2023

What We Leave Behind

I think of those I knew who’ve passed

And what they’ve left behind,

Impressions that remain engraved

In caverns of my mind.

 

Perhaps just an expression

Or some laughter we once shared

Or a reaching-out connection

Where our truest selves were bared.

 

I conjure up some habits

That endeared or else annoyed

Which, for reasons I don’t know,

Have yet to vanish in the void.

 

We write our wills, bequeathing

What we treasure to our kin,

But the best of us we leave behind

Is what resides within.

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