April 4th: What More in the Name of Love?

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. That balcony is pictured above.

(Simul-post)

One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come, he to justify
One man to overthrow

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach.
One man betrayed with a kiss

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

(nobody like you...)

Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love...
(U2, 1984)

April 4th is also the anniversary of my father's birth. Different words, different wars, same love, same pride, same result. Dr. King, Capt. Budge: Requiescat in Pace. They are both dead now because of the strength of their pride and love.