DARK AND COLD THE WINTER NIGHT
Dark and cold the winter night
With neither moon nor stars in sight
Not a single solitary sound
As snow lightly began to fall
From heaven way up high
And I thought I saw an angel
Flying by
For all the misery, suffering and pain
Of so many friends I have known
I could not answer the question,
Why
Yet, deep down inside the center
Of my soul, I sensed the answer
To my whying cry
Without that suffering and pain
Never would I have known
The healing power of my God
So kind, so sweet, so eternal
(Written on December 19, 2017)