In the end
It doesn’t matter what you had
It matters what you gave.
In the end
It doesn’t matter what you avoided
It matters what you did.
In the end
It doesn’t matter what they thought of you
It matters how you perceived yourself.
What joy gave your own life meaning
What peace you found in your own heart.
What indelible moments you left in the hearts and minds
Of the people you loved and who loved you.
©Alison Jean Hankinson
Paul Scribbles asked us to write about “the end” for d’verse.
Hues of Hankinson 