604?  That's not your number
Don't you take any notice
It's just a black number
On a white card
Stuck in the dry, red earth
To cover your heart

You were your mother's son
You were your father's son
There was promise of a long life
Running through the days
Playing in the sun

Now, this number
Holding you fast to the earth
It exceeds the days you lived
By almost double in number
Can you believe this?

Is it a Universal law
For a year old baby
To die a bleeding death,
Alone, with no-one even near
To witness your last breath?

I pray the love you gave
Will be met by that and more
When they meet you finally
At Ebola's door
God rest your soul
No. 604