THROUGH LIFE......IT MAY BE A FOOTPRINT, A
POEM, A PRECIOUS JEWEL, OR A FAMOUS WORK OF ART----
OR PERHAPS JUST A MEMORY WITH OUR LOVED ONES ----BUT OUR TIME IS MARKED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. THIS
POEM IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE BEHIND ME WHEN MY TIME HERE ON EARTH IS FINISHED.
TO BE A HAPPY ONE
I'D LIKE TO LEAVE AN AFTER-GLOW
OF SMILES WHEN LIFE IS DONE.
I'D LIKE TO LEAVE AN ECHO
WHISP'RING SOFTLY DOWN THE WAYS
OF HAPPY TIMES AND LAUGHING TIMES
OF BRIGHTER, SUNNY DAYS.
I'D LIKE THE TEARS OF THOSE
WHO'D GRIEVE
TO DRY BENEATH THE SUN
OF THE HAPPY MEMORIES I LEAVE
WHEN MY LIFE IS DONE.
