Helden

two months is too little

they let him go

they had no sudden healing

to think that providence would

take a child from his motherwhile she prays

is apalling.

who told us we'd be rescued?

what has changed and why should we be saved

from nightmares?

we're asking why this happens

to us who have died to live?

it's unfair.

this is what it means to be held

how it feels when the sacred is torn from your life

and you survive.

this is what it is to be loved

and to know that the promise was

when everything fell we'd be held.

this hand is bitterness

we want to taste it,let the hatred know

our sorrow.

the wise hands opens slowly

to lillies of the valley and tomorrow.

this is what it means to be held

how it feels when the sacred is torn from your life

and you survive.

this is what it is to be loved

and to know that the promise was

when everything fell we'd be held.

if hope is born of suffering?

if this is only the beginning?

can we not wait for one hour

watching for our saviour?

this is what it means to be held

how it feels when the sacred is torn from your life

and you survive.

this is what it is to be loved

and to know that the promise was

when everything fell we'd be held.