Caught Between Faith and Doubt

Who do you blame?

Caught between faith and doubt

Two sides of the same coin

I approach the Mercy Seat

Wondering if mercy is meaningless

Where is mercy for the children

Abandoned at the city dump?

I question from my recliner

A world away from Tegucigalpa

And those disfigured by bombs

In Ashkelon and Gaza born

The radio explains while I

In my Lexus complain about the traffic

I rest my knee in prayer

(Or frustration?)

To seek solace in penance

Or pride in my enlightened disbelief

And search earth and heaven

For the Hand of God

That doesn't intervene

While raising my remote to change one more channel

Author's Note

All comments and suggestions welcome.

Reviews

[Sophy Freebirds]

A very intriguing theme. The terror and inhumanity that we come across in this word questions our faith in justice of God.. i liked the poem because of the factual touch. Well done :)

~Sophy