To A Friend Concerning A Friend Poem by Solomon Senxer

Why do we cry when someone has died?
Is it the company we miss by our side?
Is it for things we have not done?
Is it for the promise he has not begun?
Is it for things we will soon be denied?
Why do we cry when someone has died?

Yes, there's a lot we can do for someone,
Yes, this world offers a lot of fun—
The breathtaking grandeur of God's creation,
And also the beauty of human emotion.
But isn't he in a better place when he died?
Why this truth to the heart is not satisfied?

Death, we have no complaint against you,
It is the wage of sin each of us is due.
Lord, we know you are taking to the better place,
That, in deep solace we can embrace your grace.
But we still cry when someone has died,
Because there's a pain deep inside.

The Lord on account of Lazarus cried,
He even for our eternal death died.
The Lord knows the grief and the pain of death,
He was, is, and always will be God, yet
He cried identifying our grief,
Long or brief we cry, and shall find in Him a relief!

Lo! We shall meet again with no more tears,
We shall be together again for countless years,
Heaven and earth shall be ours; the road no more narrow!
No more sin, no more death, no more sorrow.
Unto that imminent reality, let us fix our hope
Especially when in such a situation we try to cope.