Malachi the Messenger
If it was just
the message
just the
knowledge
just the gifts
you brought
I would ride on
like nothing
had changed
but I fell in
love
fell to my
knees
the day you
were born
entered this
earth
to make life a
little better
a little
brighter
a little
sweeter
for those that
live today
and follow
tomorrow
now I fall to
my knees
for mercy, my
pleas
take away the
pain
my tears are
now the rain
water this
earth
you once ran on
slept on
grow this grass
to cover your
prints
impressions in
dust
where you
nightly slept
I cannot bear
to look at
where you last
lay
and hear now
in my pounding
head at night
thunder of
dreams lost
but you will
always be
my truth
my messenger
my soul
and now may the
message
ring even
louder
as the world
does mourn
one who was
loved
since the day
he was born.