Names Poem

Names…

these are the names

names that I once knew

as I stand before

watching the colorful squares

lying

on the grass far

too many are dying…

whispering from the bottom of

my soul

so many names to say

so many names to pray

it’s taking my toll

AIDS has seized them all away

like one candle blowing away

why can’t we be sure if there’s

a cure to help heal them all?

why can’t we call and ask for

help?

saying them is so hard

so many names to say

so many names to pray

the feeling’s so strong!

why not be sure to find that

damn cure? Help heal them

all!

Why don’t we stop stalling!

Demand our call!

please help us, heal us from

all the pain

give us all the comforts

give us all the strength

to live one day at a time

teach them all…

do it small

before you know it,

it reaches out to everyone…

…takes one day at a time.

© Mikey Krajnak, 1995