Things That Make Me Cry

Watching the images on TV,
Seeing those desperate moments,
Seeing those people cry,
As a disaster changes there life,
Wondering what they are going to do now,
Home lost,
People gone and missing,
Hurt seen through and through,
Moments seem like hours,
And hours seem like days,
Shock is on their face,
Even if they cannot express it,
There is a fear in their eyes,
Not always about what has been lost,
But what is going to happen next,
Grateful to those that risk their lives,
To help them through that difficult moment,
Seeing those people,
Watching those images,
Knowing the pain of being uprooted,
Knowing that although not quite the same,
Knowing the pain that is in their hearts,
The pain in their souls,
The wonder of what to do next,
Wondering how to pick up one’s life now,
Hoping that they have the faith,
The faith I did in times past,
Knowing that there are people that care,
Knowing that there is a God that cares,
Knowing that through this one will become stronger,
One will find something they never knew before,
They will find strength,
Strength they might have never known,
They will find peace,
Even through those dark moments,
And they will find God,
God helping them through it all,
Getting through that dark moment,
Getting through that rough place,
But that doesn’t stop the tears,
The tears of good,
The tears of bad,
The tears of heartache,
Watching the people go through,
Go through that disaster,
Going through being without,
Losing people that they care about,
The human emotion still comes,
Even knowing that good can come,
Because there is a compassion,
There is empathy,
Of knowing how hard it can be,
To see the good through the rain,
To see the hope through the darkness,
To see the positive out of the negative,
To just pick yourself up,
Dust yourself off,
Pray to God,
And find a way through,
Through that moment,
Through that time,
Through that darkness,
And that pain,
And I will cry for them,
Cry for that moment,
Then I will pray for them,
Pray for them to find that strength,
To find that good,
To find that positive,
To find that hope,
To find that turning point,
To get through.