I place my feet upon this path <br />I face the promised pain and wrath <br />I say 'Rejoice, why pity me <br />Who will pluck this apple from the tree.' <br />I seek you god. <br /> <br /> <br />I ask the sages, wise and old <br />Sift dusty tomes for specks of gold <br />I search for the answers that I need <br />This knowledge, tiny, precious seed. <br />I'll catch you god. <br /> <br /> <br />Man, worship me, I am your lord. <br />Blind faith, blind trust, just heed my word. <br />But, who put the word within man's mind? <br />Strange creature of a different kind. <br />What are you god? <br /> <br /> <br />She lived three hours, never knew god's name. <br />A starving man, a child in pain <br />A moron, helpless; a child born dumb. <br />Your creation? Your beloved son? <br />Our father god? <br /> <br /> <br />All good is god, so praise his name <br />But for evil man must take the blame <br />The pious shout 'Man's will is free.' <br />That sounds like opting out to me. <br />Are you fair god? <br /> <br /> <br />You promise heaven, at the end <br />If to your will our lives we'll bend <br />Disobey the rules and we will burn <br />A life in hell, you say, we earn. <br />A nice choice god. <br /> <br /> <br />What man, in three score years and ten, <br />Can be so evil to his fellow men <br />Or be so good and filled with grace <br />To earn eternity in either place? <br />Any reprieve god? <br /> <br />If my will is free, just as they say <br />It's your fault I'm bad, I'm made that way <br />And, if you are god, then you can tell <br />Why a perfect being created hell. <br />Answer me god. <br /> <br /> <br />I ask, what is this endless plan <br />Of this being, who created man <br />To end short days beneath the sod? <br />Or was it man who created God?<br /><br />Irene C S ClarkHogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/quest-for-god/
