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Poetry On Odyssey: Leaving Your Legacy

What's your main focus in life?

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Poetry On Odyssey: Leaving Your Legacy
Drew Haack

Walking out the door and looking up to the sky...

Asking myself why my life is feeling bone dry

The struggles now, the battles then

Life moving forward hurts once again

I don't know why it played out this way

My thoughts have become become birds of prey


Legacy is something we're living to achieve

It's about the impact that our lives will leave

Even if my time has come

I want you to know every mistake can be overcome

Even if life ends for me tomorrow

I want you to chase faith, not my shadow


Waking up to scream from a bad dream that haunts me

I don't wanna be afraid of the things that are daunting

But I can't pretend that mistakes and fears don't exist

so I'll pick to thrive when I'm in the midst

I won't let the doubts stay in my memory

so tell me how I can keep life ahead of me


Legacy is something we're living to achieve

It's about the impact that our lives will leave

Even if my time has come

I want you to know every mistake can be overcome

Even if life ends for me tomorrow

I want you to chase faith, not my shadow


I don't want my life to be heartless

so I'll live to tear a piece of the darkness

My legacy will be the difference left behind

Life isn't a nice path, it's a rocky grind

Even if you can't catch a break from the heat

Keep pushing forward even when you start to bleed


Legacy is something we're living to achieve

It's about the impact that our lives will leave

Even if my time has come

I want you to know every mistake can be overcome

Even if life ends for me tomorrow

I want you to chase faith, not my shadow

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