Will I Be Forgotten? Poem by Samuel Obono Jr

Will i be forgotten?
When my pen no longer bleeds
from a heart, drumming
the rhythms of love and passions
will i be forgotten?
When the world no longer needs
and among men, peace and progress

will i be forgotten?
When the drumming suddenly stops
or fade slowly into absolute reticence
and my voice
buried under the noise of change

will i be forgotten?
Or not remembered at all
for when a child leaves the womb
he remembers not what it looked like

though i ask
i'm less concerned
for tomorrow will take care of itself.