Just Exist

I was once asked how I'd like to be remembered

And I simply smiled

And said

I'd rather stay forever

It was possibly

My loudest cliché

But felt better than

Just walking away

I don't know what my legacy will be

A song some words I wrote or a kid I'll

Never see

All of these things

Scare me half to death

I'll suffer the day just

Hoping for the best

But that's not to say

I don't think that all

Of this can change

But that's not to say

I won't wake up some day

With a lion's pride

That I'm gonna be okay

If again I'm asked how

I'd like to be remembered

Next time I'll be

Better prepared for the answer

But you'll never know

Much of the truth

So I'll just exist

It's all I can do

So much to consider

And too much to grasp

To swallow mortality is enough of a task

And leaving your mark is just too much to ask

I'll just bow my head

And leave out the back