How much suffering has there been in this universe? <br />How many billions of violent deaths? <br />How many beings born who died in agony? <br />How much Pain unseen and unheard <br />Human pain and less, but still pain? <br />How much pain has there been in this universe <br />How much is there now <br />And why so much <br />And what for <br />And does Life really have to be that? <br />It is all so much greater than any one person <br />Can begin to know much less understand- <br />How much suffering and pain going on now <br />In the time that I write this <br />Wondering about Mercy and Kindness and Justice <br />Wondering about God in my Mind?<br /><br />Shalom Freedman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-much-suffering-has-there-been-in-this-universe/
