I write of things which are often not said

Of important dilemmas still left in my head

To wake up others left when I turn up dead

I just want to leave something behind.

A whole book of stories from over the years

of people and places and things I hold dear

in hopes some will listen and might even hear

As I try to leave something behind.

But finding good news in this day and age

When i do, I write, but it falls off the page

Far into the place where good news is caged,

When I was just trying to leave something behind.