Names Known To God
I SEARCH THE WORLD,
TO FIND EARTH'S MOST HEROIC NAMES,
I SCAN THICK HISTORY BOOKS,
AND PROBE VAST HALLS OF FAME.
I PONDER MYRTYRS,
BURIED BENEATH CHURCH SPIRES AND STEEPLES,
AND I WEPT BY SHRINES OF FREEDOM,
WHERE PATRIOTS DIED FOR PEOPLE.
UNPRAISED,
MOST HEROES OFTEN LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES,
WITH NO ONE TO NOTE THEIR DEEDS OF BRAVERY,
AND DAYS OF FACING STRIFE.
YET I THINK GOD,
STILL TAKES NOTE OF THOSE WITHOUT PRAISE,
THOSE WHO STOOD AT THEIR POSTS OF DUTY,
AND THOSE WHO STRUGGLED THROUGH LIFE'S DAYS.
SOMETIMES I THINK I FOUND SOME NAMES,
WELL, AT LEAST MOST OF THEM,
BUT THOSE NAMES ARE KNOWN TO GOD,
AND ONLY KNOWN TO HIM.
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