Will There Be Hope Tomorrow?

The cyclone in Myanmar and the government's refusal to allow in relief workers ...

The earthquake in China and the collapsed middle school with hundreds of students' bodies waiting to be identified and mourned over ...

It's more than my heart can bear.
It's too much for my spirit to spring back from.
Words such as "tragic" and "devastating" don't begin to address the pain. Raw grief for those I don't know and never will.
Yet, I do know them for they are human beings.
Me too and I hurt because of it.
I know there is peace somewhere.
For the dead, there is peace.
It's those left behind who won't find it.
Not for a long, long time.
In the meantime, we cry.