Elegy

This tale is true, and it is mine. It tells

What most will remember of me. It begins

With my birth and how I came to be,

My acts of kindness and care for others

Represent who I am in this world.

Like a flower I blossomed into a tall,

Bright, young women. My deepest desires

Are to be known as a hero. I want to be

There when someone is in need. How a mother

Is with her child during their deepest nurturing

Moments.  I want to be known as a hero, but not

Like firefighter or police officer, but like a bottle to

A baby. The bottle is comforting and warm, genuinely

With one purpose only, to soothe those in need. 

Those that I leave behind will look back and miss

The effortless, eager, energy  I radiated to everyone.

They will desire to reincarnate the everlasting-whirlpool 

Of welcoming arms I offered out to all who encountered me.