A Heavy Heart by Kayla Brooke Quillen

Emptiness, silence, tears
Where have our minds been for all these years?
Thinking we're free from the devastation
Saying "You can wait" to the salvation
Of God, who alone can set us free
My spirit rolls over inside of me
At the sight of the loss and the sorrow
For people who said "Maybe tomorrow"
And have taken their leave
My heart is grieved
And sick to see the women, children, and men
Who will not live to life's long end
For like a fish caught on a line,
No one really knows their time
No one is exempt from death
Any one could be your last breath
Could you look back on your life with peace?
Or be haunted for all eternity
For things you did or did not do
For those who really needed you
A prayer, a word, or just a smile
Can make somebody feel worthwhile
It only takes a bit of love
To bring down Heaven from up above
Proverbs 27:1 says
"Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day
may bring forth."
Ecclesiastes 9:11-12 says
"I returned and saw under the sun
that --
The race is not to the swift,
Nor the battle to the strong,
Nor bread to the wise,
Nor riches to men of understanding,
Nor favor to men of skill;
But time and chance happen to
them all.
For man also does not know his
time:
Like fish taken in a cruel net,
Like birds caught in a snare,
So the sons of men are snared in an
evil time,
When it falls suddenly upon them."