So I wrote this on January 1, 2007 after the death of Denver Broncos Cornerback Darrent Willaims. Two and a half years later, after the passing of my best friend, and the recent media storm surrounding the death of Michael Jackson (and various other "celebrities") I stumbled upon it again. It's not necessarily my best work...but it seems just as fitting as it did that day, and is still holds true to my heart today.
In Memory of the UnNamed
Another life taken away
Another soul won't see another day
Another brother feeling pain
Another sister's tears fallin like rain
Another father, mother, and child who feel the same...
But why is this one different?
Why do they get all the news?
Why do their deaths cause the country to sing the blues?
Why do they get a press release?
Why are their deaths so hard believe?
Is it simply cuz they're celebrities?
I'm not tryin to show any disrespect
I'm just tryin to give respect to those we seem to forget...
This is for those who die in war
This is for those who no one hears of because they're poor
This is for those whose deaths we don't see
This is for those who die in the streets
All those "celebrities" and "stars"
Why are their deaths different from everyone else
When they died like everyone else
Why is it that they get the spotlight
When they shared such a similar plight...
It's not that I have no heart
It's just that my heart goes out to those people who go unnoticed
To those the news doesn't show
To those families who get a call from the hospital
But not from the news asking for an interview
What about those who die in the hood...
Are their deaths less news worthy than those who live in suburbia?
What about gang members whose lives are ripped away...
Is that any less of a tragedy?
Or the unborn babies who never see light...
Why don't their deaths come into plain light?
I understand it is hard to choose
So many deaths, which ones make the news?
I just wonder why certain deaths make headlines the way they do...
This is in memory of all who have died...
Singer, politician, athlete, homeless, middle class, all alike...
For the families who have had a member pass away...
Whether by violence, illness, an accident, mother nature, disease, or natural causes, or maybe just old age.
For all of those who have been affected by death...
My prayers for you never cease...
To all of those who have passed away...
REST IN PEACE
