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Afterglow
<p><br/></p><p>If tomorrow finds my place empty,</p><p>I hope you find me</p><p>in the cartoon I watched</p><p>even after I knew every line.</p><p>In my favorite outfit,</p><p>still folded the way I left it,</p><p>because it always felt</p><p>a little more like home</p><p>whenever I wore it.</p><p>You'll find me</p><p>in recipes written</p><p>with too much seasoning,</p><p>in books with bent corners,</p><p>in photographs that caught me laughing</p><p>before I noticed the camera.</p><p>The rooms will remember</p><p>where I once stood.</p><p>The little things</p><p>will carry pieces of me</p><p>without ever saying my name.</p><p>Years from now,</p><p>someone will ask about me.</p><p>I hope you smile first.</p><p>Tell them I laughed loudly.</p><p>Tell them I loved deeply.</p><p>Tell them I found comfort</p><p>in familiar stories.</p><p>Tell them</p><p>I left pieces of myself</p><p>in the people I loved.</p><p>If I am remembered,</p><p>let it be through the love</p><p>I left behind.</p><p>And if tomorrow begins</p><p>without me,</p><p>may my kindness</p><p>be felt in the lives I touched.</p><p>May the memories we made</p><p>find you</p><p>when you need them most.</p><p>May my love</p><p>remain long after</p><p>my voice has faded.</p>
Afterglow
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