I walked away...

you see, 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
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
of course I prayed in my own quiet way,
to scare away the ghost
of all of the evil in the world
and all the whys
but 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."

We walked away.