Mikhail Bennett - Monument

But God did not abandon me, from my most broken day.
My children saw me at my worst,
Yet mercy brought us through.
And now I hold a little boy, with his father's eyes of blue.
Don't build me a monument.
Don't carve my name in stone.
Just gather close around the ones who should never stand alone.
Don't forgive before it's too late.
Say the words I couldn't say.
Hold each other while you still can.
Don't wait until the grave.