Avital Oz

Afterglow

I’d like the memory of me to be

A happy one. I’d like to leave 

an Afterglow of smiles 

when day is done. 

I’d like to leave an echo 

whispering softly down the ways 

of happy times and laughing times 

and bright and sunny days. 

I’d like the tears of those who

grieve to dry before the sun 

of happy memories that I leave

behind when day is done.