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Mayday!

There are times
when life
seems to lurch on
from one crisis
to the next,
when humanity
chooses a path
both irrational
and insane.

Has God
forgotten me,
taken
a holiday?
Is he here
at all?

Child,
I am here!
I love you!
I want you
to know me,
to love me,
to trust me.
I am here
for you
in all times,
good and bad.

I looked again.
I saw a cross,
cruel and stark
across the human scene.
I knew that Love
has known
and heard
my deepest pain.


© Peter J Blackburn 2002
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