Signposts

Signposts

A dark world, wracked with pain
Pandemic still rides across the land
The first horseman, whitest mane
Plague stretched out from his hand

A dark world, wracked with pain
Wars without end, no sign of peace
Red horse rider brings mark of Cain
Strife, conflict, death never cease

A dark world, wracked with pain
Crops fail, wildfire’s burn fierce
Black horse rider steals the grain
Hunger likes a sword does pierce

A dark world, wracked with pain
Death comes to the infected poor
Fourth horseman, a pale reign
Vaccine calls meet shuttered door

A dark world, wracked with pain
It seems so ever hard to cope
Mourners weeping for the slain
But candle light is sign of hope

A dark world, wracked with pain
Dark these shadows on this day
But dawn comes, night will wane
Hope abides, as now we pray