As you look back on your life
How would you like to be remembered?
Were someone to write a book on you
What would you want entered?
Your grieving family
Who know you better than most
Life long friends who’ve got your back
Of your achievements they proudly boast
The struggles you endured
Compassion in your endeavors
Being a team player
Receiver and returner of favors
The learning and teaching of trust
The difference between honesty and deceit
When to risk your heart
And when to retreat
A legacy we leave behind
The ripples in our wake
Who will read between the lines?
Stand on our behalf for our sake
We all have regrets
Things we did or didn’t do
Of that I myself am guilty
This I ask of you
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