by Rachel Howells

Created on: April 14, 2009   Last Updated: April 26, 2009

Anything is possible or so they'd like you to believe
Tell that to the anguished brother of a murdered man
Watch him fall to his knees imploring God
How is this possible? Tell me if you can

Anything is possible or so they tritely say
Tell that to the patient with metastatic spread
With these empty words try to ease his pain
As he lay writhing in agony on his death bed

Anything is possible or so the cliche goes
Tell that to the grieving husband of a newborn son
His wife dead from hemorrhagic shock
A widowed father left with his sorrow like a loaded gun

Anything is possible or so the metaphysics proclaim
Tell that to the bereaved woman who has lost her entire family
Killed in a car crash landing in the swirling currents of the sea
Console her with this sentiment and explain the possibility

If anything is possible then bring them back the mourners beg
No answer from the unknowable beyond - nobody is there
Their pleading cries disappearing without a trace
Into the cold, unfeeling, deadened air

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