I forgive you, Lord, for all your cruelty <br />And the way you really had it in for me, <br />The way you let them break my heart, <br />The way they tore my happiness apart. <br /> <br />I forgive you, Lord, but I don't see why <br />I should honour you because you chose to die, <br />I hate the way you've crucified my friends <br />Proclaiming that your Great Love nrver ends! <br /> <br />I forgive you, Lord, for all the suffering <br />That you allowed, and how you didn't bring <br />Relief for friends who lay there in their pain, <br />I forgive you, Lord, perhaps you are insane! <br /> <br />I forgive you, Lord, you really make me sick, <br />Your clever words are just a cunning trick, <br />Why don't you save my friend who's going to die, <br />She's only 31, and you won't tell me why. <br /> <br />I don't forgive you, Lord, the end has come <br />For a Creator who's both deaf and dumb, <br />I hate you now for all eternity, <br />And the reason for my hatred is obvious to see.<br /><br />John Thorkild Ellison<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-poem-for-a-friend-dying-of-cancer/
