You are known by
oh so many
You are known by
great and small
No matter whom
you may not meet
Your legacy will
touch them all
A life of countless
challenges
And even more heroic
deeds
A life of bold
accomplishments
And meeting others’
dire needs
I have heard so
many stories
Of how you did
what can’t be done
No one need convince
me of the miracles
For I have witnessed
more than one
There are so many
things I know
That could be called
your legacy
There are so many
things you’ve done
That all the world
can see
Accomplishments
abundant
Beyond what others
ever dream
Success in countless
worldly matters
Never ending it
would seem
So many selfless
acts of kindness
Endless generosity
Doing what you
saw to do
In service of humanity
You have done so
much for others
More than anyone
can see
But what I now
intend to speak to
Is what you’ve
clearly done for me
You have cared
for me so many times
When I saw nowhere
else to turn
When I felt the
world abandoned me
You offered faith
I’d never earned
In the midst of
endless daunting failure
Wreckage all that
I could see
When others lost
their confidence
You still believed
in me
You told me to
pursue the dream
My purpose and
my destiny
No matter how many
times that I might fail
It could not shake
your faith in me
You told me that
the life I lived
Did not belong
to you or me
You told me that
there was a world I saw
That others could
not see
A world of love
and peace and joy
Where all fulfilled
their destiny
A champion of that
vision
Is what you said
I’m born to be
I ascend on your
intention
To cause what no
one thought could be
For me there is
no mystery
I am your legacy
