WHY?

As we struggle with the things we cannot explain

We ask

Why God Why?

Why me?

Why my family?

Why God?

And as we sit there, tears streaming down our faces

It seems we wait an eternity for the answers

Closing off our hearts, putting our minds under lock and key

Anger swells like hot air in a balloon

And the balloon soars because heat rises

But there comes a point when it runs out, the balloon comes down

We realize that the anger has changed nothing.

The grass is still the same color green as when we took off

The faces of the people around us are still the same

Then appears the man who walks over to the balloon and releases the strings

Though the balloon leaves, the basket stays

Finally the light comes on

And we know now to let go

Let go, let go, let go, let go

And just as the heat of anger rises to the sky

Someday so will our spirits.

And they will mingle among the angels

Our sweet, luminescent angels

It soars finally because we let go

And we let God

We let go, we let God and we have faith

So have faith my friends, and your answers will come

Like a breeze over the ocean, like foot prints in the sand

A dream that feels so real we can smell and feel everything about us

You will sit up and thank God for keeping you

For he kept you, because you kept faith in him