As I sit in the quiet darkness, the warm glow of holiday lights giving the room a sense of calmness and security, I close my eyes, trying to make sense of the horrific event of the past week. I cannot nor do I want to forget, I simple want but one answer, WHY? My feelings of gut wrenching terror, insanity, and mindless insane furor have subsided, leaving me with black emptiness, loneliness, pitiful confusion and tear stained cheeks, but still the answer eludes my being.
Visions of fresh young faces, smiling, tugging at our hearts, forever frozen in time, their innocence of youth painfully branded into our minds. With their protectors by their sides, souls now at peace, their images cry out to the masses, resounding across the cosmos, searching, searching........the answer eludes them as well. We find solace in knowing, nothing more can harm them, forever protected within the arms of their heavenly Father.
We are not alone in our emptiness, all one has to do is watch. Coverage of a society in mourning is continuous. We could find comfort in knowing we are not alone, should we? Again, I do not nor do I want to, I simply want but one answer, WHY?
Out of this horrific and senseless chaos, a survivor, the chosen one. She cries softly,"Mommy I'm okay but all my friends are dead." In the arms of her parents, they hug, cry for mercy and give thanks to our God, yet they feel guilt, but why? I say, "do not ask why, she is our hope, our reminder in the battle of good versus evil, she is our messenger...do not let history repeat itself, we must learn from our mistakes, it is never to late. This young and frightened weary child, triumphant in her battle, may very well be the answer we so longingly search for, perhaps,she knows why. We SHOULD!
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