It's folk, but it's great. Jan asks questions about why a young girl has to die. The main literary theme comes from Isaiah 42:3, "A bent reed he will not break, and the smouldering flax he will not snuff out."
"Bent and Broken Reeds"
Pebbled clouds
Broken sky
Beauty can't nullify
all this grief and its strong undertow
No goodbye
No fair chance
To settle her world
she was too young to think she would go
No one ever does prepare for this
No Last Supper, no betrayal kiss
Broken hearts, bent and broken reeds
Where is the Mercy?
Neighbors talk
Neighbors look
They take pulses and cook and they grieve and they hold on to life
Share the pain
share the food
A sweet laugh or two
All the stories and the sacred advice
God, what good can ever come from this
bending, aching, stunning kind of shift?
Broken hearts, bent and broken reeds
Asking for Mercy
Watch denial
muscle through
What did I say to you?
Oh, yes, nothing hangs heavy as grief
in the lungs in the soul
Though you try to console
You don't know but just try to believe
And make the few odd choices that death leaves
All we have to hold is love's bright seed
Broken hearts, bent and broken reeds
Begging for Mercy
Here's a clip:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...music&n=507846