God created a world where suffering abounds
Suffering is King
If the creator is almighty and infallible
Why didn’t he make a better world?
If He could, what prevented him?
If He couldn’t, then he wasn’t so powerful after all
Why should we think that he loves us?
And we think our world ends there
And we cry
When our old mother dies, and then our father dies,
and then . . .
When we lose a war, we fall in despair; we lose faith
in God
When we win a war, we celebrate and enjoy
Then we comprehend that all is in vain
Why do you let us suffer, if you can avoid it?
And we think our world ends there
And we agonize
When we neglect our culture and legacy left by our
ancestors
When our children die before us
When tragedy strikes without any warning
Then we comprehend that all is in vain
Why do you sometimes seem so inhuman?
And we think our world ends there
And we die
When we see a hole in the ground waiting for us
and still suspect eternal misery
When the suffering is endless even if we didn’t
provoke it
When for so many years, dying is our only escape
Then we comprehend that all is in vain
Why, if it’s in your power, you let it continue?
Crying, agonizing and dying
Where’s our God Almighty?
Where’s our God Omnipotent?
Do you even exist?
EDMUNDO BARRAZA
Visalia, Ca. 05-16-2012
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