The Name
Updated on November 7, 2015
Have you ever stared at a name
And tried to hear the silence
Of a voice that’s already spoken
About a life that ended in violence?
I wonder if they thought as I do now
How there is still time to change
I wonder if they lived with the same regret
That now makes me feel so strange
Have you ever walked past a name
And tried to hear the beat
Of a heart that’s already stopped
Of a memory that can never repeat?
A story that has already been told
Is buried along with unanswered questions
Did the prayers that were heard
Reflect themselves in God’s revelations?
Have you ever walked past a name
And tried to feel the pain
Of a thousand private moments
Buried under a rock so plain?
What difference to worry is knowledge?
Once foretold anticipation will never bend
To destiny’s noose wrapped around chance
Will the means ever justify the end?
Have you ever walked past a name
And tried to lie down next to them
To comfort the fading words
To whisper how we will see them again?