Lament (words by Carol Barratt)

Feeling all the grief and sorrow

we live life with shadows in our

hearts and minds,

with tears that wait to fall when

sorrow in the world is more than

we can truly bear.

We hear the cries of children,

we see death cast shadows on

their hearts and minds,

as mothers in their grief stand

crying, weeping, weeping, crying,

crying, weeping, weeping for this

world.

On our bed of thorns such sorrow

must surely end, our tears can

wash away the sins of the world,

no more crying, weeping, weeping,

crying, crying, weeping, weeping

in this world, this world.