- Date: March 20, 2022
- Categories: Writing
By: Emily Radcliffe
Date: 2022
Letters on a page
Is that all I will become?
Broken syllables of a memory
Three words to describe my existence.
Obituary
What does it say about me?
What will you say about me?
Did I really take the secrets to my grave?
Or are they hidden between the spaces of the letters in my name?
Letters on a page
That spell out my name.
E – M – I – L – Y
A – S – H – T – O – N
R – A – D – C – L – I – F – F – E
In loving memory ofโฆ
A collection of letters above.
Passerbyers see whatโs left of me.
Merely ink on a page.
Will those who remember me,
Remember me?
Did I leave a lasting impression?
Is your memory of me
Worth telling the next generation?
Or will memory of me
Die with those who knew me?
Ink.
Letters.
Words on a page.
E – M – I – L – Y
A – S – H – T – O – N
R – A – D – C – L – I – F – F – E
Who is this memory to you?