I Am Just A Name

"I had a dream I disappeared,
And no one asked where I had gone.
The silence felt like judgment passed,
A eulogy with nothing wrong."

I walked the edge of memory,
Between the grief and what remains.
And wondered if the life I led
Would hold up through the stains.

If I leave with nothing grand,
No statues raised, no final stand…
Would you still speak my name aloud,
Or just let it sink into the ground?

When I’m just a name,
Forget the weight, forget the blame.
Let what I gave be what you keep 
Not all the nights I couldn’t sleep.
And if you cry, then cry for grace,
Not for the mess I couldn’t face.
When I’m just a name…
Let love remain.

I tried to look unshaken, whole 
But pieces always showed beneath.
A heart that tried, but couldn’t hold,
What life can steal without a thief.

I never asked to be a light,
Just a flame against the night.
And if I fade without applause,
Let the silence speak my cause.

If there’s no verse to right the wrong,
No place where broken things belong,
At least remember I was real 
And scars were proof I used to feel.

When I’m just a name,
Forget the weight, forget the blame.
Let what I gave be what you keep 
Not all the nights I couldn’t sleep.
And if you cry, then cry for grace,
Not for the mess I couldn’t face.
When I’m just a name…
Let love remain.

"And when the stars fall from your view,
Know I once burned just for you.
When I’m just a name…
Let love remain."