A day will come when this will be, could be a sunrise, a sunset no more,
I can not imagine being gone, leaving this world behind appears unreal.
A life is special, all life as it is to be celebrated, the mark you leave behind,
Regrets, that which never was or could not be accomplished is a thought.
Our purpose for being here as it is only a short time compared to the birth of time,
What is it that’s to be learned from our visit to a land with more mystery always.
Discoveries are made as we search and explore a world so large but appears to get smaller,
What we have learned has helped our survival just as it does damage just the same.
If i have to die it needs to matter, I pray that i will one day be heaven bound,
If i have to go away then before my journey I wish to help another live one more day.
Keith Garrett
keithgarrettpoetry 
Hi Keith – thanks for visiting and following my blog! I totally agree – “if I have to die, it needs to matter”, for we all have a purpose, don’t we? I think our journey in life is all about finding it. All the best!
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I’ pretty sure I’m closer to being heaven-bound than you…unless your photo was taken in your youth. 😉
Hello Keith, thanks for folowing my blog, I’m enjoying reading your work 🙂
My wish, too! Used to matter to major corporations, since I was the one that fixed and documented their network problems. Now, alas no more.
Jeanette Hall
Thank you for reading
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:52 AM, keithgarrettpoetry wrote:
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Nice poetry. My brother is fighting a terminal brain tumor and will leave a family behind. It needs to matter.