i wish i could take your pain away

i wish i could take your pain away

or maybe i could make it my own

so that you won’t have to

suffer alone.

i wish i could get you

to turn off your mind

this emptiness leave behind

distract you from the loss

you feel so keenly

another soul the Lord took away

from you so meanly

i wish i could heal you, yet

you look for solace in prayer

but a sinner I,

God’s no longer near

to me,

dear to me

in a day, a month

or even a year

maybe i shall turn

but more that likely you shall learn

there is no one there to answer you

if He were there, what a mean son of a bitch He is

to take away children, mothers,

and not care a stitch

i just wish time would speed up

and let you be yourself again

not feel this pain

let the wound scar up

let the ache recede

i’ll be whatever you need

tough how the losses keep mounting for you

and your family

you perpetually in pain is all i see

i wish i could take every ounce of it away

bury it deep in the ground

or far out at sea, throw it away

you’ll be whole again some day

for now, i am here, if you need me

at your shoulder, if you need me.