Be Empty Once Again

“Be Empty Once Again”

(Tom Entrican-04/05/2022)

The child that I saw yesteryear, the tears upon his face

Could that crying child be me from memories erased?

Could it have been a friend to whom a tragedy ensued?

Or just a dream that frightened me, no memory subdued

Should I recall the sorrow from all that I have seen?

Project it there for all to see on life’s big movie screen

Should I remember everything to never throw away?

Or is there something I can do to be empty once again?

Sometimes pain is remembered so we learn not to touch

Reminding us to leave alone the things that hurt too much

To guide us on a path that steers us far from all the bad

And lead us to a safer place while holding Fathers hand

All the pain that follows me and haunts my every dream

Passing there before my eyes until I want to scream

And wake up praying for relief, Lord please tell me when

Erase it all in one felled swoop, that I can be empty once again

The babies cry in hunger when comfort is so rare

Must it be so often that the people just don’t care?

And must my eyes behold it all what difference could it make?

Like I’m the one ingredient that makes the bread a cake

Would it really matter if I was the only one?

Who did not have to see what awful things that are done?

Is it unfair for me to ask to never feel the pain?

Or ask you to erase it all, oh to be empty once again

I know of all the promises and glory yet to come

While witnessing the rubble in the hearts of everyone

Remembering each little cut that bleeds into my mind

And yet I know that this will heal in its proper time

To sleep in peace one hundred years oh that would be a joy

Remember not one single thing, all of it destroyed

I keep my faith and hope for when He wipes the pain away

And filled with only happiness, never empty again.