I Will Not Go Poem by Tony Adah

I am here to stay
I will not go
Even when the sun is down
If I will go,
I must leave something behind
On the beach of time
That which will make me not to die.
You will find my footsteps
I will leave them here
Like a decal on a china ware
I believe in the things
That push me through a furnace
From which I will bear myself
Between the hammer and anvil of fate I'd like to have on my marble
When I leave and they will be
The reason why I will not die-
Modesty and integrity.