Love Breaks the Tension

We have seen better days
When the dawn wasn't gray
We have seen brighter nights
When the moon would smile

Stars do look down dimly
From the cold night sky
And the sun does slip away
Too soon to end another day

Stone men gain control
With iron fists of greed
To gain hold of all things
Never called their own

Rulers fight to rule each other
and beggars plead for alms
Of cloth that withers in dust
And gold that melts away

Why do good men falter
And get knocked down?
Why does goodness fail
And turn a blind eye?

They say time heals all things
Or it grows a calloused heart.
Will the soul find ways to mend
Or be left to fall apart again?

Where can faith be found
In a heart filled with pain?
What can hope hold on to
When a wound won't heal?

Love breaks the tension
From battles raging on and on
Over souls caught in shadows
Of death and hope and life.

Blood has been poured out
To heal the pain of broken men
And flesh was torn apart
To bring us back to life again.

Redemption is found in a shadow
Of a cross that held a man
on a hill covered in crimson blood
And drenched in men's sins

A grave is left open and undone
And salvation is made known
To all who will kneel down
And choose to be made whole.