Everyone Must Leave Something Behind
 
 
Everyone must leave something behind when they die.
 
A child, a book, a painting, a house,
a wall built; a garden planted
or perhaps a collection of extraordinary photographs.
 
Something their hand and mind touched in some way,
so that their soul has somewhere to go when they die.
 
It doesn't matter what you do,
so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it,
into something that's like you
after you take your hands away.