The clouds obscure the sun,
The darkness of night in day,
He falls to his knees to pray,
Oh God! When will the pain be done?

Laughing with his kids in play,
Forgetting for a moment the avalanche of grief,
That the silence of its coming strains belief,
That the joy in his children's eyes burn away the grey,

And then in the darkness a light revealed,
One so bright that hope and love and life can never again be concealed.