Some say that G-d

Some say that G-d does not
Test us unless we have the strength
To handle it.
Perhaps, but in the sense that obstacles
Force us to be stronger,
To find or create new strength.
Some say we cannot know the reason for
Life’s pain and heart-wrenching sorrow.
This I believe, but still I cry out:
Wrongs are wrongs, no matter the reason, no matter
Their creator, or lack of one.
My whole spirit hurts.

And no one has died.
Except a part of my soul,
Which struggles to breathe.
Nowhere to turn,
The future unclear.
Innocence should not be
Mistaken
For what it is not.
Kindness need not have
Ulterior motives.
Pure love has no bounds,
No limits,
No conditions
But that it be respected,
Not trampled
Or shunned.

And of family, G-d, I ask you:
Where were You when I cried out
For You to heal the past,
Protect my soul,
Heal my family,
Heal those in pain,
Show Yourself?

Did you listen?

There was only silence.



I know the world is in my hands,
And in those of mortal spirits.
Your absence I still don’t understand,
Though perhaps, as a great man once said,
G-d doesn’t always shout, sometimes He whispers...