The Spirit Of Randy Pausch

Faced against odds
Of which you'd rather forget
You try and look to the good side
Where ever that may be

Dying isn't as bad
As people make it seem
Just look at you, the picture of health
Stronger, than most of us ever will be

Thought you just want
To focus on what's most important
You want to leave something
For your children to remember you by

Kisses and hugs would last a day
Words, maybe weeks
Trips and events, years
But, something like this would last forever

So with months left to live
You speak to millions
About how to achieve their dreams
Before it's too late

You'll always be remembered
By people you never even knew
When your children grow up
How blessed will they be, to have a father such as you

After, you became sick
That strength fading
Still, you were granted more time
Maybe it's karma, like you believed in

Your wife and kids beg you to stay
Despite that, you grow even weaker
That extra time has run out
It's time to leave

Now you have passed on
The cancer has taken your life
Another great man,
Lost to the clutches of the world beyond

But, as you look down on what's important
Your spirit forever lives on
The impression you made in this world
Will never fade, not even with time