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[aid] => mick
[title] => Punishment
[time] => 2005-09-15 21:15:32
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[bodytext] => It happened again. The world was struck with the fist of God. Time after time we feel the wrath of his rod. Everyone looks up and asks why, Why must we Cry, Lie, why must we Die? No one understands, What we did wrong. The waves shook, The tides raged. Punishment for our unknowing sins. Families are shattered, Spread apart by the storm. We look to each other for answers, Faces withered and worn. Over the phones, The silence is broken by the reassuring, "I'm safe," "I'm alive." But not all heard this, Not all survived. This punishment did not affect me. No family was lost, No friendships destroyed. But I couldn't help but wonder, If we were just toys. Opening the pages of a book never read, WIth every turn of a page, My anger gew from all the bloodshed. What did they do? To deserve punishment like this. It says all sins forgiven, Then why do we, Suffer like this. All I wanted to do was, Rip out the pages, Set them afire. But I knew this would do nothing, Only cause God to retire. Then I wonder, What it would be like, If he didn't exist. Would we be here? Would earth still exist? It hit me like the silence of a sream. 9/11, the tsunami, Katrina, Wasn't what it seemed. He did this to make us remember, Everything we have. Be Thankful. The desire I just had to destroy and burn, Subsides to a yearn to learn. Learn about God, I want to, Open the pages of a book never read. Grieve for those who are dead, But remember what the pages, Of the Bible has said. [comments] => 2 [counter] => 232 [topic] => 48 [informant] => aprillie [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => EmotionalPoetry )
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