Sex,Suffering and Song

Sex, Song and Suffering 

People’s lives 

Stand on many things

On what survives

And on passing flings

A Jew would say,

With faith and trust

Study, give and pray

without question a must

I don’t disagree

With any of  this

Yet it seems to me

We dare not miss

The true reality

Whether we like it or not,

Of another basic three

In their snare we are caught

Sex, suffering and song,

The gist of  humanity

 If right or if wrong

 Outlines of our sanity

Whether young or old,

Just ask Dr. Freud,

To life’s joy we can’t hold,

Without Eros buoyed  

 Disappointment and pain,

 Loss and much sadness,

They come like the rain

So do death, grief and madness

Amidst all life’s  story

All the good and the bad,

Strains of grace and of glory

That make the heart glad

Sound of music and  song 

Made by one or by throng

Spaces empty and aching

Filling souls as they’re breaking

One song  to endure

Either  popular or obscure

How can God walk away

Without one tune to play?