Desert Song

The world has known more threadbare days than these,I’m sure, with history’s edges rubbed so rawthat time and truth were chafed and ill at ease ,and humans failed both spirit and the law.So while we find our troubled times unique,we’re never really out of Egypt, outof Babylon, still crying out and weakin Sinai’s desert , plagued with doubt.And God won’t turn the TV off or stopthe news or make the bad man go away.He’ll help us, though, our desert madness dropand guide us back to grace’s simple sw ay.He’ll bring us back to mornings free of fear,when birds alone can bring a soul to tears.