January 31,  2021

 

GOD – ARE YOU LISTENING?

 

If there is nothing after this,

then a lot of people are going to be

really angry with You, God.

 

If there is nothing after this,

then all these people

who were murdered – all these

people at Auschwitz and Buchenwald,

Babiy Yar and Hiroshima and September 11^th,

they are going to be really angry with You God.

 

If there is nothing after this, 

then all these babies who were killed,

all these kids who never got a chance

to live some life on this planet,

while others had so much just handed to them,

then a lot of people 

are going to be really angry with You, God.

 

And, it there is no hell, 

if there is no - some kind of punishment -

for all these people who abused and 

made life horrible for others  - 

then that might be another big group of people 

who will be angry with You, God.

 

And if there is a heaven,

if we arrive there with a memory,

God, how the hell are You 

going to figure and straighten all this out?

 

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2021