Fated

 God why have you fated me for pain

the pain of the abandoned

the pain of the unrequited 

the pain of thee rejected

and ostracised

the pain of the grieving

the pain of the anguish


Oh God why do you demand love

in a heart and has been colored with grief

why do you seek adoration

in eyes that have seen so much

why do you demand enthusiasm

from a heart that has been sick

God why do you demand so much 

from a life that has been given pain?



not ingratitude

to seek solace from you

iTs not sinful to question the action from the written

it's not wrong to ask why

from the silent sky and 

curl and know there will never be answers

 I don't sin knowing you will be silent

I don't believe knowing you take what you take

and leave

e that hope is foolish, cynicism is real.

Silent God, every watching in judgment

for this sick heart to turn.

you flood me with memories of blessings

I cry in pain

ever sure of your silence...

I see your justice sometimes and your injustice all the time

massacred children, burnt and butchered

dead today forgotten tomorrow

while thieves and murderers feast fat...

I see your hand in the eyes of the strong disabled who trudge on daily

looking bleakly into a horror-filled future

Oh God of Justice, ever silent, ever judgemental

our holy lives scrutinize for punishment in torrents and in blessing in drops

my joy will cause an imbalance in the creation

that is why our lives will be hard

our paths like mountains

our labour in pain 

our hope forgotten 





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