I Will Remain Poem by Eric Cockrell
I Will Remain
you can place
dead flowers
on my grave
when i'm gone...
bring in a preacher,
sing a couple old hymns...
if it makes you feel better....
but my testament,
and my only word,
lies in the things i've done,
the things i've given,
the people i've either
hurt or helped....
the things i've fought for,
win or lose....
everything else, just wrappings
on an old turtle's shell....
i wont live there anymore....
but in everything that moves
and groans, that shakes
and tremors, that breaks and falls...
in every breath of life....
i will remain!
I'm sure that you will leave your mark on this world, great poetry Eric.
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5/7/2024 10:39:08 PM # 1.0.0.1119
There is just a wealth of real, usable truth in this one. If you won't spend time on them/with them when they're living- it won't do any good once they're gone. A lot of guilty folks make a big deal of fancy parties for the dead; fancy caskets, huge services, mounds of flowers..it's much too late then. Maybe someone will read this and get the idea. You never know how much your words might help another, just when they need help the most.