ABOVE ME

Come the end of our lives -

The ultimacy of our legacy

- Is the sum of all our words

For some, they'll linger here

- As memories

Of when our words were heard

I want to make mine work for me

And make up for those that didn't

- For, those ones that got away from me

- Were the hard results

Of bad decisions

- So if even once

I've said I love you

I'll never once regret it

Please don't hold those words against me

Because I meant them when I said it

When you use your words to vilify

To gossip,

Disparage and put down

- They'll haunt you

Once we've put you

Eight feet under ground

You may trifle in debauchery

Or be rife with indecision

But when you speak with negativity

You're the cause of your derision

So maybe you should make them count

Maybe even say - you love me

For those words will never manifest

Once you're gone

- And high above me