I wrote this song last fall while trying to process my feelings about the loss of a dear loved one, my sister-in-law’s husband, who was the rock of his family and his community, and particularly of his wife, my sister-in-law. I couldn’t fathom—and still really can’t—how she was to cope with this unbelievable loss.
From there my mind went to the unthinkable losses I hear about in the news—wars, shootings, natural disasters, and other disasters. This song is about those, too.
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“Shattered” lyrics
The news hit like a flash flood-- devastation past belief. In an instant, what was good is shattered, and all is grief. Pain like shards of glass to the heart-- hope crushed, ripped away-- how to go on, where to start? Breathe in, breathe out. That’s how for today. And sometimes pain begets pain. Tragedy meets cruelty. The darkness outside presses in. I’m shattered, I’m losing me. Pain like poisoned fog all around-- gasping, lost, alone-- can I find a safe higher ground? One step, next step-- go on, hold on. And in the darkest hours there are moments of grace, glimpses from a lighter place that show that pain like ocean waves can come and go. I’m wrecked, but I am strong. I will let this deluge flow and breathe in, breathe out, go on, hold on.
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