Will there be anyone to remember my name

I’ve been around for a little while

Though I always knew I’d go out in style

The body is giving up or so I think

Or is it the mind that is also a little weak

When I was younger I would have beat this thing

With out a doubt it was easy, just one round in the ring

Now it is not so easy it takes a little more

Nothing I’ve overcome was this harsh or seemed such a chore

Or is it the things I see, or thought I saw

Come back to the mind with the vision of history

As a rosy picture for my tired heart to draw

Can I really see the pages I turn back

Or is this a wish for the strength I lack

All these reasons not to push on come easy enough

Those around will not miss much, they’ll remeber the one who was so tough

They’ll understand why I had to give-up

It was for them, I thought, strange enough

And as they look back on this strength, I gave my all

My whole lifes story, the …………………. Or will it be

The battle I wouldn’t fight, that they recall

Otis,

I hope we won’t have to miss you,

Love, Shawn, Dorothy, Randie, & Ashlie