What will remain?

What will remain of you have you wondered?

What is the story that you will leave behind?

What is the song that will be sung in your praise ?

What is the emotion felt at the utterance of your name?

What is the sound that escapes their lips when they see you in their mind's eye?

What will remain have you wondered?
What will remain shared yet untouched?
Universal yet private
What will be said when your bones have turned to dust
When your story's traveled from dawn to dusk
What will remain when you remain but an unforgettable scent
When time is out for this life on rent

I ask you again
What will remain?
When your dance is long gone
When your shadows exist no more
What will remain?
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The riotous laughter will echo through time
The hands held will sing forever in perfect rhyme
The messages between the eyes will travel many dimensions
The unsaid words will stop not till they find their destination
The unfinished story will find a new page to write
The color red will bleed into paper till it feels just so right
The warmth of a lovers chest
The touch of a fathers hand on your head
The voices of your friends of today and yesterday
The meals shared in the warmth of a sunny day

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Now let's find out what shall remain!