'My Life In Just One Email' Poem by Linda Winchell

If I were to sum up my life… in just one email
What in it… if any would I tell?
Would I tell you… some of the bad things?
How then…could I tell it well?

Would I tell you of all the good I’ve done?
For those in need… I had met?
But right now I can’t remember any
I guess that’s… my life’s regret?

Could I share with you…of all the hungry mouths I’ve fed?
Or maybe those homeless… I’ve given some shelter to?
Right now I don’t know just what to say
Guess it wasn’t too much… I really did do.

If we’re not going to get into Heaven
On just our good works… alone.
Than I guess I shouldn’t even think…or worry about it
What it was… I have or haven’t done.

But to sum up my life in just one email?
I don’t think or know… just if I can.
Or if I even want to now
So I’ll just stay… just who I am.

A person… who is kind and loving
A person… with a heart that really cares.
A person who knows she’s going to Heaven
And a person…who’s almost there.

By: Linda Winchell
Copyright: 2009