You know, it's true what they say
That people don't realize what they have

Until it's gone.

I try, I want to contemplate
Just how the value of a man

Is measured.

I know, it cannot be in years,
For I have known great men of both old

and young.

Regrets, I try not to think about them
I would give anything for one more simple hug

just one.

Go on, they think they encourage me
They do not know my greatest fear

Is to forget.

I will not forget.  I will live - his legacy will not be lost.