This is my first attempt at vulnerability. It is not fair to ask others to be vulnerable and not do the same. I have loved to write and worked on lyrics for every band I’ve been in. I never shared a single word of that. In the spirit of “Be the change” here it is, my first ever publicly shared piece of personal writing.
If I lived to be one hundred
All I want is to be seen
Not by the world or even “the man"
Nope that’s not for me
I want to be known by you
If I die tonight
All I hope is to be remembered
Not by people who thought not of me
No they will never see me
I want to live in your heart
If I wake to see you gone
All I want is to have known
Not that the world saw our joy
I know they did
Only to know you lived in peace
Matthew Plotner 