The Face of Anguish
By Steve Loggins
1/21/10
Unexpected pain fills the heart of the young,
Fear of the future is not on her mind yet.
Only a longing, unsatisfied, and strong,
And a sense of loss and a looming threat.
A heart pierced through with urgent anguish,
Her family’s gone, her home, her love
No hope is left, her sorrows languish
like waves on a beach with moonlight above.
The shaking earth has killed her world,
Strangers invade to offer relief
to hurts unimaginable, emotions unfurled
like a flag in the wind, depicting her grief.
A scream of despair with tears of wailing,
No comfort can come to a damaged soul.
There is only the pain, there is only the tearing
of a heart ripped in two that none can console.
“Time heals all wounds”, so the saying goes
but this means nothing to her today,
and in truth, it’s not right for everyone knows
that scars from our wounds will stay.
“Does God hate me? Why did this happen?”
These questions linger, the millions ponder
The disaster struck, the suffering so sudden,
In a place where pain was prone to wander.
No answers, just questions, fill the air of despair
There is no easy solution,
But a hand offered in love can answer a prayer,
And ease pain into resolution.
God loves the Haitian people,
just as He loves the Jew,
He sent His son for their consolation
For sin, which He hates, His world, He renews.
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