have mercy

acrossssSsssshittt

Are there too many here?
‘That why You're takin em away?
You put em here
Now You're takin them away
But they don’t wanna go yet
Not like this

They’ve got their lives
Children, husbands and wives
Mothers and fathers cry
Seeing their children suffer and die
Like this…
Why must it be like this?

The misery never seems to end
And then their lives just end
Why must they bleed til the end?
What breaks me is I know they pray to You til the end
Never losing faith
Never losing the love You send

I’ve seen them laugh
And I’ve heard them cry
Maybe it’s their own tears
Now washing them away
Drowning them … deep
Til they no longer breathe
Til they find relief
Oh God! what a life this can be
I pray You show them mercy
I’m not wise
I have no place here to be angry
I’m childish
this is my stupid plea

Fuck me
If I’ve asked to be happy
I see around me
Lives of misery
And deaths of pain
Sure no reason to be happy
Else I’ll wind up grinning like the motherfucking President of my country
Eating, drinking, making Goddamn merry
with the international community

On the day of its birth
This torn nation bleeds
Its starving people weep
What a birthday
Feels like Judgment Day

So I beg of You
Dear God
I beg of you
Have mercy
Give them strength
And show them
a Better Day

pandora

acrossOceans wrote:

Are there too many here?
‘That why You're takin em away?
You put em here
Now You're takin them away
But they don’t wanna go yet
Not like this

They’ve got their lives
Children, husbands and wives
Mothers and fathers cry
Seeing their children suffer and die
Like this…
Why must it be like this?

The misery never seems to end
And then their lives just end
Why must they bleed til the end?
What breaks me is I know they pray to You til the end
Never losing faith
Never losing the love You send

I’ve seen them laugh
And I’ve heard them cry
Maybe it’s their own tears
Now washing them away
Drowning them … deep
Til they no longer breathe
Til they find relief
Oh God! what a life this can be
I pray You show them mercy
I’m not wise
I have no place here to be angry
I’m childish
this is my stupid plea

Fuck me
If I’ve asked to be happy
I see around me
Lives of misery
And deaths of pain
Sure no reason to be happy
Else I’ll wind up grinning like the motherfucking President of my country
Eating, drinking, making Goddamn merry
with the international community

On the day of its birth
This torn nation bleeds
Its starving people weep
What a birthday
Feels like Judgment Day

So I beg of You
Dear God
I beg of you
Have mercy
Give them strength
And show them
a Better Day

A question of mercy, I can not see it that way.
So much evil, God weeps with us.
There is comfort there and peace, love like we can only dream of
"to conquer death all we must do is die"
To feel is why we are here and
You feel very deeply.

mikalina

This poem seems to reflect the mess our country is in. At least that is how it makes me feel.

This torn nation bleeds
its starving people weep....

have mercy on us....

Thank you for sharing.

acrossssSsssshittt

Pandora, you're very right, God does weep with us... it's just that sometimes, when your people are suffering this much, it's hard to cope with the feeling of helplessness ... and then I do speak to God, and maybe question Him, and repent all at once... but what do I know... the ones actually suffering never lose faith...

Thanks Mika, and yes nations all over the world are suffering and going down in some way or another, and so I'm sure you can relate, but I know, faith and hope matter... I hope... it's just very sad, this life at times

mikalina

acrossOceans wrote:

Pandora, you're very right, God does weep with us... it's just that sometimes, when your people are suffering this much, it's hard to cope with the feeling of helplessness ... and then I do speak to God, and maybe question Him, and repent all at once... but what do I know... the ones actually suffering never lose faith...

Thanks Mika, and yes nations all over the world are suffering and going down in some way or another, and so I'm sure you can relate, but I know, faith and hope matter... I hope... it's just very sad, this life at times

I try to keep up the hope and faith, sometimes thats all we really have....

pandora

acrossOceans wrote:

Pandora, you're very right, God does weep with us... it's just that sometimes, when your people are suffering this much, it's hard to cope with the feeling of helplessness ... and then I do speak to God, and maybe question Him, and repent all at once... but what do I know... the ones actually suffering never lose faith...

Thanks Mika, and yes nations all over the world are suffering and going down in some way or another, and so I'm sure you can relate, but I know, faith and hope matter... I hope... it's just very sad, this life at times

I feel it is a battle between good and evil, our choice. Hope and faith and love is our arsenal and for all the pain and suffering of the innocent there is comfort found in the afterlife. I thank God for the good and ask for strength for those that are suffering, and those who are evil I ask for a revelation so they will know love, faith and hope. We have only just begun.

acrossssSsssshittt

Pandora, your words are thoughtful and you are wise : ) thank you

Mika, that's exactly what I say... that often hope is really all we have ..

Ms. Wes C.addle

This is so good... Very well done man. Painful.

All we may ever have is hope and the only thing we will ever own is our mind... Maybe we'll get it right the next time around.

the wolf

pandora wrote:

acrossOceans wrote:

Pandora, you're very right, God does weep with us... it's just that sometimes, when your people are suffering this much, it's hard to cope with the feeling of helplessness ... and then I do speak to God, and maybe question Him, and repent all at once... but what do I know... the ones actually suffering never lose faith...

Thanks Mika, and yes nations all over the world are suffering and going down in some way or another, and so I'm sure you can relate, but I know, faith and hope matter... I hope... it's just very sad, this life at times

I feel it is a battle between good and evil, our choice. Hope and faith and love is our arsenal and for all the pain and suffering of the innocent there is comfort found in the afterlife. I thank God for the good and ask for strength for those that are suffering, and those who are evil I ask for a revelation so they will know love, faith and hope. We have only just begun.

a battle for sure,.. and good is getting its ass handed to it. our arsenal is starting to wear thin.

pandora

the wolf wrote:

pandora wrote:

acrossOceans wrote:

Pandora, you're very right, God does weep with us... it's just that sometimes, when your people are suffering this much, it's hard to cope with the feeling of helplessness ... and then I do speak to God, and maybe question Him, and repent all at once... but what do I know... the ones actually suffering never lose faith...

Thanks Mika, and yes nations all over the world are suffering and going down in some way or another, and so I'm sure you can relate, but I know, faith and hope matter... I hope... it's just very sad, this life at times

I feel it is a battle between good and evil, our choice. Hope and faith and love is our arsenal and for all the pain and suffering of the innocent there is comfort found in the afterlife. I thank God for the good and ask for strength for those that are suffering, and those who are evil I ask for a revelation so they will know love, faith and hope. We have only just begun.

a battle for sure,.. and good is getting its ass handed to it. our arsenal is starting to wear thin.

Not in the big picture we are alright there, there is a lot of love in people, love not even tapped yet, love not seen. We have only just begun to fight. Love is very strong.

Godfather.

acrossOceans wrote:

Are there too many here?
‘That why You're takin em away?
You put em here
Now You're takin them away
But they don’t wanna go yet
Not like this

They’ve got their lives
Children, husbands and wives
Mothers and fathers cry
Seeing their children suffer and die
Like this…
Why must it be like this?

The misery never seems to end
And then their lives just end
Why must they bleed til the end?
What breaks me is I know they pray to You til the end
Never losing faith
Never losing the love You send

I’ve seen them laugh
And I’ve heard them cry
Maybe it’s their own tears
Now washing them away
Drowning them … deep
Til they no longer breathe
Til they find relief
Oh God! what a life this can be
I pray You show them mercy
I’m not wise
I have no place here to be angry
I’m childish
this is my stupid plea

Fuck me
If I’ve asked to be happy
I see around me
Lives of misery
And deaths of pain
Sure no reason to be happy
Else I’ll wind up grinning like the motherfucking President of my country
Eating, drinking, making Goddamn merry
with the international community

On the day of its birth
This torn nation bleeds
Its starving people weep
What a birthday
Feels like Judgment Day

So I beg of You
Dear God
I beg of you
Have mercy
Give them strength
And show them
a Better Day

amazing !!! XLNT write Brother.

Godfather.

acrossssSsssshittt

thanks c.addle, I appreciate that you appreciate... we may indeed get it right the next time around... in the next life that is...

and yeah Wolf, our arsenal is starting to wear thin...

personally I believe there's good and bad in each human being ( I know I can be quite the bad motherfucker at times ) but I do believe that... our minds are crazy complex and so I just don't see things as black n white... the shades of gray are blinding for me... I think all humans are fucked up, in a good way and in a bad way, and it's not always clear what's good or what's bad in the first place

institutions and all their wars and all their shit , now that's another story, they're bringin this world to its goddamn knees and although I pray to God for peace, I don't know whether I see it... I hope..

where the suffering is owing to natural catastrophes like floods, earthquakes etc, things get even more complicated, as far as belief and hope go, and at times I feel my head could fuckin explode...

acrossssSsssshittt

much obliged Godfather


and Pandora, I once wrote:

this is Your world
and it's slowly dying
and when it rains
I know You're crying

and so, I too believe that God suffers most amongst us

tremors

acrossOceans wrote:

.. the ones actually suffering never lose faith...

This is very very true