Song of the Suffering
by
Jack Forge

When I look down, I see the ocean
When I look up, I see the clouds
Closing my eyes, I hear the people
Singing their last song before they die

Remember days of sun and flowers
Remember nights of myriad stars
And then the earth shuddered her great shell
And brought a whole nation tumbling to her knees

I sing a yesterday song in mourning for my lost home
I cry in sad remembrance, remembrance of my love

I scream in rage, furious at my god
Who wrecked my world, slaughtering my people
Without warning, without a sign
But only death to poor suffering people
Who simply tried to make a happier world
In the midst of strife without relief

So now I call out, cry out for grace--
Some mercy, please,
Before all of us die