Her Name is Nicole

“Her Name is Nicole”

by Nicole Costa

I was at work

When I got the call

A woman with

Your name

Your age

Your profile

Waiting on an autopsy

It will be awhile

Another Hit and run

No identifier

Just a homeless woman they say

There’s no one to claim her

No one to pay

They left her on a path

I walked each day

Cause

I didn’t have a car

Though I worked seven days

When I picked her up

From the morgue

I was amazed

Even after the impact

Her beauty radiates

Wondering thoughts

Inside of me

What’s a beautiful woman

Like you

Doing alone on the streets

She was not weak

Her spirit is strong

From that moment on

It won’t leave me alone

I write this song

To show you

That you are heard

I won’t let you go

Without a blessing

And a word

Rest in peace

My sister

Mahalo

For the greatest lesson

No matter

No matter

No matter how hard

This life is a blessing

So open your heart

Let someone in

Cause love is all

There really is

At times life seems long

But it’s really brief

Remember me

My name is Nicole

I wasn’t just

A woman on the street

I am a mother

I am a child

I am more

Then what you see

So please dear sister

Have mercy

When you cremate me

Remember

What it’s like out on the streets

This could have been you

Instead it is me

So go live in love

Let go of all the pain

All that ever was

Life will never

Again

Be the same

One thing that’s certain

Fire brings forth change

From fire to fire

And out of the ashes

We’re forever transformed

Because of our passing

Sister I see you

I hear you

I feel you

Know that your life mattered

Your death matters

You matter

Thank you!

(3x)

I’m alive

I’m alive

I’m alive

I’m alive

It’s time to thrive