People That You Remember (late 1980s)

People That You Remember

There are people that you remember like stories,

For a minute if the story is a good one.

You are living the tale,

If one is a traveler, as I am.

These stories are often all

That can travel with me.

I have told the town that they will be missing a hero in my eyes,

"Change is a must," I said.

But change follows an obscure perspective,

And the town and I admit other heroes will enter.

But your story will remain clear,

And be quite popular in our library

(written for a colleague of mine who left our office, late 1980s)