No questions in the car,
school is out Still quiet at dinner, but I want to shout. Then at bedtime
they finally come Questions about when Things came undone
We
talked, she said, in school today Planes crashed after bad men took them
away. We flew on a plane, could that happen to us? I didn't know an
answer, But I knew I must.
Honey, our plane we flew that day Took
us safely home from our week away. But bad men who did not like the
USA Took the planes That crashed today.
Like men who killed
Jesus?, she said And put those thorns in his head? Yes, honey, I softly
replied, And just like Jesus, Many people died.
Oh Mom, she cried,
and out it came Were there children and babies on the plane? Maybe, I
said, and this was honestly true She knew there were babies The day we
flew
Would the mom's hold their babies, and older kids too? And how
about the daddies, what would they do? They would hold tight, I said, and
never let go. And then what would happen? She wanted to
know.
They would all go to Jesus, and be held in his arms Away from
the earth and the men that do harm And be angels, she said, and live with
God? In heaven, like the stars? I gave a nod.
You wouldn't let go
of me, she quietly said I kissed her and hugged her, and lay in her
bed And held her, and rocked her as she fell asleep And I prayed to the
Lord For those souls to keep.