How will we be known?
Long after we’re gone
Will they remember us?
For years to come?
I think about it often
No matter where I go
Will we be remembered?
Or forgotten all alone?
Will our name be more
than a name etched on a stone?
We have to make the most of life
Before the final day
It’s what we have to do for our legacy
This is no other way
What is your legacy?
How do you want to be known?
Do you want to still be remembered?
Long after the day you go?
Make your mark on the world.
About the Creator
Noah Nelson
I’m a graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. If I’m not reading or writing, I’m probably at a concert or playing acoustic guitar.
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Excellent poem
Nice poem.❤️ Once we die you t doesn’t matter if we left a legacy - but important how we treated people and the earth.
Nice poem!