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I shall be forgotten
And what's the point of it?
The world just keeps on turning
like nothing ever happened.
Why would anyone ever care
about what I did or stopped doing?!
Why would they remember me?
And, even if it happened,
what would they remember?
The kid or the man?
The poet or the killer?
The someone or the no one?
I stay up at night
trying to find an answer for this,
but a clear image
always pops up to my head.
Failure. That's my name.
They'll only see the ruins
of the temple I used to be,
and will rejoice on the destruction
of him who never got
to portray the strength he hid.
They'll see my tomb and laugh,
my bones will be a matter of laughter for them.
And I... I'll be deemed to the
worst punishment of them all:
I shall be forgotten.
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In I shall be forgotten I try to deal with the fact that one day we all will die, and we will only live in the minds of those who knew us for a certain time. But, then , there will come a time when no one will remember us, therefore making every effort we make in our lifetime useless and void.