Names Can Change
Some change remain
Some whence simply a never change
Perhaps of people who became
Shall no one remember my name?
Am I a someone, named to be?
That no one who everyone calls me by
Perhaps a place I haven’t been to see
Too eager as always to question just why
Have I a name I know?
Cause everyone seem to call me by it
A one name for the lifetime I owe
Yet a name... barely a whisper to even slip
Given by someone and happen to be
Yet an identity stays for whoever you are
We are persons judge by majority who'll see
Does it even matter cause everyone has a story so far
No one it seems... can remember how to change
Simply who we emerge from who we once remain
Yet... never we knew who we became
To only hope someday, someone will remember your name
Copyright © Joel Lee | Year Posted 2014
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