Remembering Someone Special — The Difference You Made

Some people pass so gently
through the chapters of our days,
yet somehow leave behind them
a thousand little ways
to make us smile, to make us think,
to help us when we're low,
and often it's not until they're gone
we realise what we owe.

You made a difference simply
by being who you were,
and though the world keeps turning,
our memories will endure.

For lives are measured not in years,
nor all the things we do,
but in the hearts made richer
because they once knew you.

Original wording by Words with Wishes