When the World Asks Why

This spirit is crushed

Heart stripped to the core

At a cold, cruel awakening

And new awareness of war

The tears they keep slipping

From this grief in my soul

Why so much evil

No one seems to know

Agony on faces

Strikes arrows in heart

The world is left speechless

When one's sense departs

Black runs down cheeks

Dark streaks of pain

One sweet little face

Bears my name

How many mothers

Are weeping tonight

Over empty beds

Wondering how they'll survive

How can I catch on paper
The depth of a grief

When no words can comfort

And no tongue can speak

Where is the hope

In a world of such pain

Where young dreams are crushed

Because such darkness reigns

So many questions

And so much at stake

The shadows hold answers

I'd rather not take

Five little faces

Under this roof

If something happened to them

I don't know what I'd do

So I'll hug them all tighter

Say I love you again

Because you never know what might happen

Before the day ends

For everyone who was affected by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary.