did you know
you will live forever
in my words…
that you are eternal
in these lines?

this is my gift to you
(or perhaps my curse)
that long after we’re gone
someone will read this text
and know something of you;
that you had an impact
and drove a mind wild.

these are my hieroglyphs
painted on tomb walls
for future eyes to discern
that you glowed like sunset
in the heart of the artist
and that you lived
not because of me
but near me and within.