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Song for Brad

By Stephanie Rogers

36 years

can’t count the tears

which fall before

your life of labor

the youngest child

so brave and mild

a family

of grace and beauty

you couldn’t turn your heart away

from feeling someone else’s pain

a heart so strong

a life not long enough

you gave your life

for others’ rights

and now you’ve won

a silent freedom

you couldn’t turn your eyes away

from hardships others have to face

a heart so strong

a life not long enough

you heard a call

to rise and follow

the road unpaved,

forgotten way,

a sign of grace

you couldn’t turn your head away

from all the troubles others face

a heart so strong

a life not long enough

you lived so much

for truth you sought

left not in vain

but to make change

you’d never turn yourself away

from helping someone else feel safe

a heart so strong

a life not long enough, not long enough…

you may be gone

never forgotten