Wednesday, August 02, 2023

TAKING THE FULL MEASURE

 

what a strange argument I have

sometimes in my own head

though with whom it is never clear

I hear the boom of the question

who has suffered most?

how should we compare

grief with grief

some people have the full measure of the cup

some only a fatal sip

how shall we measure it

how shall we come to terms

what in us yearns to find out

and would we lay our heavier burden down

on those we assume to have gotten off scot free

from misery

could I be you

could you be me

under similar circumstances

what is the point

every human being suffers

some at the end

some every day

for some even in dreams

it never goes away

God sees all

all suffering is small

compared with Christ

mary angela douglas 2 august 2023

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