NO NAME

My name is not important.

You don’t know me,

You never even tried.

You love me

If I’m just like you,

But you pass right on by

When I’m hungry

And holding a sign,

A poor beggar on your street side.

So don’t even try to tell me

About your love for God

Whom you cannot see.

Why are we so afraid to lose

What we never even had?

A dream, a dream, is all I have.

O why do you always say

What you don’t mean?

If only, if only,

You knew my tears,

Then you’d hear my heart’s cry.

If only you knew my pain,

You’d never look at me the same.

If only, if only,

You walked with me,

Then you’d know my name.

But you don’t know me,

You don’t even try.

I love you,

But it’s hard to love

A lie.

And you wear a gentle mask to hide

The heart that murders

Every poor child who dares cry,

“I am human!”

So here I stand in the truth,

Dreaming of love

As I die.

O to all the world,

A solemn goodbye.