Paris

In times of darkest grief
And wild despair
I grasp for comprehension
Through the pain
A glimpse of understanding
To erase
The hopeless helpless feelings
That remain

My mind keeps going through
Each tragic fact
Searching for some kindness
That remains
Amid this world of crushing
Deep despair
The sidewalks painted with
The bloody stains

I know now that the answers
Are not there
Within the chaos, broken
Lives remains
But in the human kindness
We've retained
Amid the grief, the sorrow
And the pain