This difficult day This difficult time It's perhaps well to ask What direction we want to move in You can be filled with bitterness, with hatred Or we can make an effort to understand And to comprehend compassion and love Even in in our sleep, pain which cannot forget Falls drop by drop upon the heart (Even in in our sleep, pain which cannot forget) (Falls drop by drop upon the heart) Until, in our own despair, against our will Comes wisdom through the awful grace of God What we need is not division What we need is not violence (What we need is not violence) But is love and wisdom And compassion toward one another Let us dedicate ourselves to that