Along the Side

For miles and miles along I-75
There are crosses and wreaths for those no longer alive
Place there by all those who've been left behind
The memorials keep the lost always on mind.

We're told life is a highway
Well if that is true
What would your highway look like to you?

First name and last name chiseled into a stone
Date of birth and date of death, names of those left alone
These tablets and memories are all that's left
Of each life that has ended when twas claimed by death

Imagine life a graveyard
How full would it be?
What names in your graveyard would you see?

If all the people we've failed in our lifetime
Were names on stone or markers along highway seven nine
How many monuments would litter the side?
So many avoided if only we had tried

We're told life is a highway
Let's say that it's true
What does that highway look like to you?