I want to be remembered <br />Long after I’m gone <br />Not as a student <br />A philosopher, or a writer… <br /> <br />I want to be understood <br />Long after I’m gone <br />Not as a child, <br />A woman, or a soldier… <br /> <br />I want to be loved <br />Long after I’m gone <br />Not as a daughter, <br />A sister, or a mother… <br /> <br />I want to be an artist of words <br />A person operating under the guise <br />Of insanity <br />And loved simply for having existed <br /> <br />If I cannot have any of this <br />Then I will give it <br />All to you <br /> <br />Every memory I possess <br />Every moment of comprehension <br />Every lover ever known <br />Will be in honor of you <br /> <br />For you never saw <br />What I became <br />You never became <br />What you saw in yourself <br /> <br />I will do all this for you <br />Until <br />My heart dies.<br /><br />Joanna Hamilton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/until-my-heart-dies/
