Why?

< Sadness and pain are everywhere Every place you look Even in escape, you find it there Even within a book You try so hard and wonder why Nothing seems to change Darkness clouds even the sky And somehow we find it strange That no one moves or tries to fix The dire positions around We think the answer is a magic trick Happiness to be found So we choose to question, asking God why Why things never work out? Why is it that the helpless still cry No matter how loud we shout? One day I asked the very same thing Why God did nothing to fix it Why relief he was something did not bring Why He was never to quell it Why has the suffering through the world torn Why didn't He stop the sorrow Why was it that young children, barely born Have no hope for tomorrow Then from above, God leaned down his head Bent with a listening ear And with a deep voice, strong as thunder he said Isn't that why I sent YOU here?