For Fear of Losing Love - A Tribute to Las Vegas 10/1/17

There is not love without caution

And there is not love without anxiety

And there is not love without agony

And there is not love without fear of losing love.

And I ask as the firecrackers blaze - what is this?

And I ask as he throws his body over mine - is this worse?

And I ask as I hold his head in my hands - is this it?

And I ask as I'm pulled away - is this fair?

And no answers can be given with an automatic rifle

And no answers can be given with a bullet in the mouth

And no answers can be given by those who can't ask questions

And no answers can be given, no answers - only love

Get down

Don't push

As the hate drives them into corners

And they scatter, they melt, they diverge, in small bursts

And I ask as I'm shaking in the shock - is that it?

And I ask as I'm limping to the road - where from here?

And I ask as I'm heavy from the hurt - is this worse?

And I ask as the blanket is placed on my shoulders - 

How do I tell his mother?

And no answers can be given by the weeping wives

And no answers can be given by the ones that loved, only loved

And no answers can be given by the schrapnel and the blood

And no answers can be given, no answers - only love

And there is the converging love, fear,

As they pull their loved ones to their chests

As the hate drives them to the ground

Hellfire hate - a barrage too spread to run

And I ask against the hailstorm - why tonight?

And I ask in the hotel room - having fun?

And I ask the finger on the trigger - is this worse?

And I ask the man on the balcony - why him?

And no answers can be given to the husband from his wife

And no answers can be given from the barrel of the rifle

And no answers can be given from the 32nd story

And no answers can be given, no answers, only love

And the fear of losing love.