The Night Sky

Gunshots like cannons
Rip the air cracking
Has someone died

Through slits in the blinds
I see night sky pitch black
Like ink outside

I listen to the silence
That begs to speak out
I think someone cried


I hear a low mournful moan
Or am I mistaken
Huddled inside

I linger and listen
I hear no more noise
What next I decide


I call 911
Reporting gunfire
Nearby outside


LORD you already know
Where each bullet hit
Who lived – who died

Some poor mother’s son
Or daughter’s in trouble and
The angels cried


It’s late LORD – time for bed
Pulling covers up I rest
Safe at your side

Early morning sun not peeking
Police helicopter cruising – LORD
For us you died

Set free the captives – LORD show
Mercy – your love – a beacon
Breaking the night sky

By Carol Ann Hoel © February 15, 2011

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Isaiah 61:1-4 – The Bible – The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Psalm 91 – The Bible – He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.