Legacy
Life is no more than
A fast burning straw
In the short time
It crumbles to ashes
The question is
What have we done
To be remembered?
Did we change lives,
Bring about freedom
And democracy,
Life saving discoveries
Or simply lend a hand
To a needy fellow man?
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