Legacy

What is it that I leave behind?
My body is weathered, time sweeps me along.
From dust, to dust, I am a mortal man.

What is it that I leave behind?
Veterans pass the honored standard to green, yearning blood.
Seasons bleed into the next, records washed away.

What is it that I leave behind?
Articles and clippings, yellowed and torn.
Today’s news becomes tomorrow’s legends.

What is it that I leave behind?
Years of hours alone in my training.
My solitude, my fight, my personal war.

What is it I leave behind?
Worn tradition handed from brother to brother.
The colors, the banners, the lights, the crowd.

What is it I leave behind?
I am unbreakable, the nameless warrior.
My spirit is and shall be forever Sport.

What is it I leave behind?

Everything.

What is your Legacy?

Inspired by Max Esposito's mock advertising line, "Legacy."  Check out more of Max's work here.