I WANT THEM TO KNOW

You existed for real
I want people to know you and to remember you
You existed for real

You walked this earth
Your feet prodded through miles of dust
Yet you neither I could predict that soon you would become one with the dust

You are encased safely but for how long
Sooner or later you will become one with the earth

Although you lay deep, it is hard to imagine you there
It is hard to imagine YOU, there laying encased

You were not one to be encased
You loved and lived life

Everyday life had a meaning
You lived every minute of it DOING
You DID what you were passionate about

You worked none stop
Holidays never existed for you
You lived to give and care for others

You also lived to self destruct
As much as you loved life, you were your own worst enemy.
You did not love yourself fully, as much as you gave fully to your life's passion (work) and to others
You did not give yourself a break

You lived to actualise your career potential
You leave a lot of history behind

Only wish that what you have built reamaims as part of your history
Only wish that in time the buildings you have built do not self distrust
Only wish that they remain a fortress

It's hard to imagine you laying still
You were never one to lay still
You were forever on your feet
When you were not on your feet, your mouth did the walking for you
For you loved to be with others and connect with otherness

So you have left us with many of your stories
Your stories are embedded in us

I shall one day be able to tell your story
I want people to know you existed
I don't want people to remember you
You existed for a purpose
You worked everyday for a purpose
The purpose can't just be for you to exist and to be gone

I want them to know
They have to know
They do need know

That you existed and still exist