In September 2010, a year before succumbing to pancreatic cancer, Steve Jobs sent an intriguing email to himself, which continues to fuel online discussions today.

For those who might need a refresher, Jobs made history by co-founding Apple - one of the largest and most successful tech companies in the world - with his close friends Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in 1976.

While Ronald Wayne sold his shares in the company that same year for $800, seemingly unaware of Apple's future potential, Jobs and Wozniak continued to build a company that today is valued at over $3 trillion.

In addition to his business prowess, during the later years of his life, the former San Francisco CEO developed an interest in poetry, as evidenced by an unusual email he sent to himself 15 years ago.

Jobs was first diagnosed with cancer in 2003 (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The email was sent seven years after Jobs was initially diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer known as a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, which still carries a rather poor prognosis.

Although he underwent several treatments - including dietary changes, surgery to remove the tumor, and a liver transplant - he was never able to fully overcome the illness.

In his September 2010 email, Jobs penned a poem, stating: "I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow, I did not breed or perfect the seeds. I do not make any of my own clothing.

"I speak a language I did not invent or refine. I did not discover the mathematics I use. I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive

of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate.

"I am moved by music I did not create myself. When I needed medical attention, I was helpless to help myself survive.

Jobs wrote an email to himself a year prior to his death (Reddit)

"I did not invent the transistor, the microprocessor, object oriented programming, or most of the technology I work with.

"I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am totally dependent on them for my life and well-being."

Numerous literary experts, as well as those who knew Jobs well, have since tried to interpret the poem, with most agreeing that the entrepreneur is suggesting that greater minds than his own have established many of the fundamental aspects of society, such as medicine, language, health care, and logic.

However, there's one particular element of Jobs' email that continues to capture attention since it was first shared - it ends with the note, 'Sent from my iPad'.

For context, iPads were first released the very same year as the CEO's passing, leading some Reddit users to believe that the poem's final note serves as a reminder of everything he personally contributed to the tech industry.

iPads were released the year of Jobs' death (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

"Thought that was interesting too after everything else," one fan recently remarked on the discussion forum.

Another concurred, adding: "I think it’s part of the poem. It's a reflection on the accomplishments of the human race through a piece of technology that represents so much human effort from diverse fields."

"And that’s also his creation, it’s his small commentary on his contribution to the world," a third added.

Another noted: "The word 'my' takes on more significance than usual here, it's intriguing."