Everyone feels pressure to make a huge impact on the world We all want to be remembered when we die We fear that if we are not famous when we die then no one will miss us No one will grieve us No one will ache for us That is not true Fame does not measure how much you are loved You do not need to be on TV to be loved You do not need to take your clothes off in front of a camera to be loved You do not need to write a hit song to be loved You do not need to have a million dollars to be loved The ones who love you for who you are The ones who have seen you at your lowest and still stuck around The ones who fought with you and for you The ones who remembered your birthday without the help of Facebook The ones who saw you at your most vulnerable and never took advantage of you The ones who held your hand when you were scared The ones who cheered you on when you couldn't believe in yourself Those are the people who truly love you Those are the people who will remember you Those are the people who will not let a day go by without showing you even after death how much they love you So what those people may be five or 20 or 50 They may not be 2 million followers like your social media profile reads I would rather be remembered by 5 people who truly loved me than by 2 million people who only love me based on my social status as a celebrity
For anyone who has passed on that thinks their souls are not remembered and to those who fear they will be forgotten after death, you will be remembered and you are remembered. This poem was inspired by Taylor Swift's song "Long Live" and Season 4: Episode 14 "The Hero In The Hold" from the Television show "Bones"
WRITTEN BY: Mandie Michelle Sanders WRITTEN ON: November. 26, 2015 Thursday 4:49 AM Thanksgiving Day