So What

When my soul came to go, I left my diet
and exercise for body dear now dead,
my voice, my words, my messages now quiet,
my messy files, my plans, my past all shed.

I left behind each colleague, loving friend,
my lifelong love and dearest darling wife,
fun with my son and daughter came to end,
grandchildren's joy, the future of my life.

My library I left, my bank account,
from fondest memories I was bereft,
my thoughts, my cares, all that was paramount,
 with everything now gone, so what was left?

I was so busy with, oh, so many a thing,
so what now matters? Only what I bring.

                               -- by Pete Voelz        7/05