Our Thought and Prayers Are With You

 

“Our thoughts and prayers are with you”

Are wasted words, no use

When made by Trump to excuse gun violence

And the Church to excuse child sex abuse

 

You don't offer thoughts/prayers to victims

Of things that are within your control

Unless you're are an insincere fraudster

With no intention of achieving your goal

 

“Our thoughts and prayers are with you”

Are for things we can't do anything about

Like tsunamis and bushfires and flooding

Earthquakes and famine and drought
 

Trump is doing nothing to reduce gun violence

The NRA have him tight in their grip

But “Our thoughts and our prayers they are with you”

He sleeps easy when these words spout from his lips

 

The Church is showing no sign of changing

They're too busy barracking for a win

In a High Court to justify it's child abuse

But “thoughts and prayers" justifies their sins

 

The focus of the Church seems to be

On a highly legalistic approach

At repudiating damaging testimony

Not wanting the facts to be broached

 

Secrecy is rife in the Church

Where wrongdoing sown, kept unknown

Has created a sad, sorry environment

Where evil has prospered and grown

 

“Thoughts and prayers” suggest there is nothing

Much we can say but a gentle

“There there” for the poor sorry victims

(And a quiet word before bed with the Almighty....)

 

Don Matthews March 2019