#188 Kevin Brophy 'Some questions'

#188 ‘Some questions’

When the old mistakes go un-forgiven,

When sins become the bitter herbs we’ve taken,

When we search the floors for coins forgotten

As though what’s lost might soon be found again,

When the years become our sorrows’ lessons,

And there’s no turning back without an angel

At the rock, without a heart that’s slow to anger,

without a messenger who’s found your door,

What are the lessons for

If they can’t embrace us when we call

What are the lessons for

When answers are hammered to a wall

What are the lessons for, my love,

If they leave us standing at the door

What were the lessons for

If they couldn’t bring us to our feet

What are the lessons for

that can’t explain the victory in defeat

or why we turn and turn with love 

despite our old mistakes,

despite the wrongs our human hand still makes.