I Am My Name

I am my name If you remember my name, you have my attention Pronounce it well, you have my trust I am nothing but my name My name is a certain point in time They remember the time, they remember the weather My name is that weather I will never remember My name, a moment in time I am my name Inherited from lost loved ones, I never met them They see them, when they see me If I fail them, will they blame the name Call my name, slang it, chant it, whisper it Loud noise does not drown out my name on a roll call All my senses heed the call of my name I turn my head, raise my eyes, I’m diverted from my stride My name, I will forever hold Crossed out on short lists, I still keep it Lost in the struggles, it emerges out of rubble My name is the only thing that remains, after dust to dust Keep it and give your memories a frame to hold what’s past