Hurt people spray nails –
an echo of pain passed on,
A chain unbroken in shadows –
where God once was is gone.
Wounds shout in silence –
in anger, pus, and fear.
Brothers fighting brothers –
Hot with scaring tears.
But Jesus skilled with scalpel and cross –
opens up the ache,
Tears out elusive darkness –
forgives arrayed mistakes.
Slowly knit, daughters heal –
from His love a new song flows.
Wholeness births new joy and peace –
so notes of hope now grow.
Will you let His mercy –
mend in you what’s sorely torn?
Redemptive pain soon over –
God sends you out re-born.