A Child’s tale
Taste and see the goodness of God
Instead we taste mixed blessings of sod
A serpent’s tale told hidden truth
And the gates of hell are unloosed
Our tastes contaminated by our tears
As our only hope becomes our fears
Hiding from each other and God
Waiting in fear our return to the sod
Pain and despair become our lot
Our only legacy our burial plot
Age and aging take their toll
As grasping ages forward roll
First made God’s Word do twist
First born to God raise a fist
Murder moves from heart to hand
And blood stains the weeping land
An endless cry of eternal despair
What to me my brother’s care?
Divorced from others breeding strife
Divorced of meaning from all life
The line of murders has begun
As darkness exists under the sun
Despair cries from broken heart
Wounded by death’s horrid dart
Brother’s kill brother’s to begin
But borders cannot contain our sin
Different, alike it doesn’t matter
Murders master brings disaster
Tears cannot wash away the blood
Though they match flood for flood
Blood stains cover our very soul
Is there no hope to make us whole?
Another Child born into life’s fray
Came to wash sin’s stain away
Tears no good against sin’s flood
Child covers with His own blood
The blood of a Heart holy and pure
Becomes mankind’s hoped for cure
The victim of murder this Child
Conquers murders master so wild
Lifted above sin’s dark stain
Lifted hope to mankind again
Through a Child forgiveness will reign
This Child’s blood removes the stain
Murder’s master revenge so wild
Now attacks the helpless Child
Children’s blood through fingers flow
So our land is filled with dark woe
Turn to the Child who removes the stain
And you will be whole once again
