We Held On

Two months is too little
 They let him go
 They had no sudden healing
 To think that providence would
 Take a child from his mother while she prays
 Is appalling
 Who told us we'd be rescued?
 What has changed and why should we be saved from nightmares?
 We're asking why this happens
 To us who have died to live?
 It's unfair
 This is what it means to be held
 How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life
 And you survive
 This is what it is to be loved
 And to know that the promise was
 When everything fell we'd be held
 This hand is bitterness
 We want to taste it, let the hatred numb our sorrow
 The wise hands opens slowly to lilies of the valley and tomorrow
 This is what it means to be held
 How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life
 And you survive
 This is what it is to be loved
 And to know that the promise was
 When everything fell we'd be held
 If hope is born of suffering
 If this is only the beginning
 Can we not wait for one hour watching for our Savior?
 This is what it means to be held
 How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life
 And you survive
 This is what it is to be loved
 And to know that the promise was
 When everything fell we'd be held