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 too much should be banned~

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."