School bells toll a different sound,
their chimes they ring in fear-
A Mother mourns with broken heart-
she weeps through falling tears-

Charred sights they fill the evening news-
another attack on life-
An empty shoe, a shattered world-
laced with pain and strife.

Innocence trampled by heathen hatred,
demons set loose to kill-
Children slain on the alter of greed-
to forcefeed evil's will.

One child today or three thousand tomorrow,
on one side of the earth or the other-
Havoc travels through the minds of all-
while they pray for the childless Mother.

Her arms they grieve and long to caress,
the babe she labored for-
But the night falls coldest just before dawn-
where angry wounds leave scars.

Shrill sounds they echo about God's earth,
the universe broken down-
His children lay dying from man's hate-
at the hem of His sacred gown.

Oh Father we pray on bended knee,
hold those children tight-
Pull them to your chest in love-
to keep them safe this night.