Why I Write

Why do I write? Many don't know Why I might waste my time Scribbling out lyrics to songs I make Most of them don't even rhyme I may not be the best at what I do But I don't really care I have a dream, and I stick to it To put myself out there You may think it's for money Or good fortune, or fame But all I ask is that no one forgets The most important thing: my name As I walk through halls of my school And shuffle past all the kids I stop to think, "If I were to leave Would they remember the things I did?" Would they remember my jokes that made them laugh? Would they remember the times we smiled? Would they remember the things I did for them? When we're separated by miles and miles? The greatest pain is leaving the ones We've cherished so long behind So I hope the ones who are leaving Will remember me until they die The friends I've made have rescued me Out of a hole I dug Through everything I did to them They cherished me with love But now the time has come for them To start a brand new path Some will take music, some will take art And some will go into math And now our time is running out And there will come that day Where I will have to them Everything I need to say But there's so much to say and so little time That I can't say it all at once So I take to the pen, my heart does the writing And now we begin our fun I list all the things we've done together That have truly changed my life And I list the pains of having to say All our final goodbyes But I also tell them about my dreams And all the things that I need I refuse to ever let them forget me Even when they're 93 So that is the answer to the question you asked Why do you need to write? Because I need the ones I desperately love To remember me until they die