Stephen Sutherlin

Say my name

April 12, 2020
A common incantation For better and for worse

A common name —in any Country, often it can be heard

For so many named their children After that man from Galilee

As if to predetermine What good people they could be

Of these fishes and birds he speaks Comes this lesson for you and me

Be fruitful and do multiply Sing songs from the tops of the trees

This life is so certainly short When stacked up to eternity

So waste not time on petty things Give to the sick, the poor, the needy

If you, yourself are not hungry Then for someone else do something more

For in the end, when you’ve nothing left Your deeds will open your last door…