Looking Back Poem by Almira Bausley

When I look back from the end of my life
Will I see love and peace
Or bitterness and strife
Will I be looking down from a mountain
Or up from a valley
What about my loved ones how will they remember me?
When I look back from the end of my life
Will I have fulfilled my purpose
Or will I be holding wasted time
And my children who will they be
Will I have left them an honorable legacy?
When I look back from the end of my life
Will I hang up my gloves as a retiring champ
Or will I hang my head in shame
Not having one single person remember my name
When I look back will I see all the victories
I could have won
Or will I draw my last breath and give up the ghost
declaring “it is done”
And when I arrive at the end of my life
Who will come and meet me to take me home
Will I find fear and regret
Or peace for my Soul.