There Is Hope

When faced with the unthinkable...

a world that's gone insane,

there always is a Hope,

though nothing else remains.

When questions go unanswered

and our words cannot suffice,

when innocents with lives to live

pay such a dreadful price..

there always is a Hope.

When Evil seems to win the Day

and Good must bow its head,

when families are ripped apart

and grieving for their dead,

There is still a Hope for all,

a Comfort and a Light,

A knowledge that the Wickedness

will never win the fight.

There is still a Refuge

even at the time of Death...

a Place in God where souls live on

and still can draw a breath,

where hearts can be made whole again---

bathed in Love and Grace.

There always is a Hope for us,

a sure and steady Place.

May all who hurt find peace this day

and mercy fill their souls.

May we who bear the Light of God

help make our nation whole.

------Shoshana Kurzweil