Still Not Home

500

days

the clock still turns

Empty beds, the silence burns.

Taken from their homes that day,

Stolen dreams in shattered light.

We won’t forget, we won’t move on,

Their voices echo, they’re not gone.

We stand as one, we raise their name,

Until they’re home, we’ll light the flame.

500 days and still not home,

Hearts are heavy, hope has grown.

We won’t stop, we won’t break,

Not ‘til justice lifts the weight.

Mothers cry and fathers pray,

Children lost in endless grey.

But love won’t break, it won’t erase,

We hold their names, we keep their place.

We won’t forget, we won’t move on,

Their voices echo, they’re not gone.

We stand as one, we raise their name,

Until they’re home, we’ll light the flame.

500 days and still not home,

Hearts are heavy, hope has grown.

We won’t stop, we won’t break,

Not ‘til justice lifts the weight.

Through the dark, we shine the light,

Through the fear, we stand and fight.

No more waiting, no more tears,

Bring them back, end these years.

500 days, but we remain,

Bound by love, defying pain.

Until the last one walks back through,

We stand, we fight, we wait for you.