A WIDOW'S LAMENT
From yesterday till the beginning of time
I always thought you would always be mine.
I just always knew the sun would rise each day,
and I never thought war would take you away.
I just always knew we would always be.
Wherever I was, you were there with me.
I thought we would always sing our song
and now I don't even know what went wrong.
I just thought you would always be mine,
but your promise to return made me blind.
For somehow I missed seeing your soul slip away,
and now I ask God why you had to die that day.
It's no consolation that you were mine for awhile,
I thought I would always have reason to smile.
I didn't know you were a gift I could never keep,
and so soon I would have to learn how to weep.
I told the man to go away from my door.
I'm so angry! I hate you. I hate war.
You promised to return. How could you lie?
You promised to return. How could you die?
Now I wonder why the sun still rises each day.
I wonder why I can still hear the music play.
I wonder why my heart continues to beat and deceive.
God, I wonder why you lied, why you died, and why I believed.