Christina A. Sharik

SAY MY NAME

Thurman “Woody” Woodfork
Thurman “Woody” Woodfork

Stanley Woodfork
Stanley Woodfork
Say my name
‘though I am gone

It makes me live again

Don’t just think of me ~
speak my name aloud

I am not just dead
wrapped in a shroud

of mystery and fears
and empty hearts

and sad, sad tears

When you speak my name
I come alive again

I will be waiting.
I will be listening
and hoping you
will remember me

So, speak my name
that I might be
set free.

Author’s Note: For Woody and Stanley

“To speak the name of the dead is to make them live again.” ~ An ancient Egyptian tomb inscription from the “Book Of The Dead”