tell me nothing

I walked away
It's never my intention
to be rude or to offend
but they stood around
and spoke of what I
could not comprehend

of all of the evil
in the world
and all the whys~
and then my friend
spoke up and
much to my surprise

said "Tell me nothing!
Tell me nothing sick and horrible
It's gotten out of hand
the misery's so sad, you see
and I think too much should be banned
and maybe all things work together
for the good, I understand
but please just keep it to yourselves
and leave my head here in the sand~
just tell me nothing".


They were appalled
and so they walked away
and left him there
in what he needed most
and so I prayed
in my own quiet way,
to scare away the ghost

of all of the evil
in the world
and all the whys~
then my friend
spoke up and
much to my surprise

said "tell me something
tell me something good and funny,
make me laugh until I cry
you know there's something good in laughter
though I cannot tell you why~
maybe good news is on order from the Lord
and that's a far cry from the sadness
and a cry I can afford
and though I'd like to know
that God can hear our cries
but otherwise~
if someone dies
please tell me nothing."