Saint or sinner?

For the April poetry month number twenty-five...

Saint or sinner?

Once soldier, once lover and once business man. Now he wondered. Can all sins be forgiven? My father believed, if he went to church on Christmas eve. All his sins would be forgiven.

Old man had learned. Beautiful things don't mean kind hearts. He believe, we shall pay for every sin in three-fold. Karma expects payment.

I have found God, lost God many times. I have danced with the Devil and I sought hell-bound life. I have sat with poor people dying of hunger in Africa. So many good people lost to cancer and I wonder. I wondered was God watching us?

The Devil had no job. The free-will of men create enough sin. He is jobless.

Today in the messy world. 10 active war and 8 conflicts. I watched my grandchildren play and I asked the clouds. When will we have enough? Is the hate of men so strong. He won't know peace till we are all dead?

Maybe saint, maybe sinner? We are. I pray we learn. Every life had value. 

Coyote

Author's Note

Thank you for reading.

Reviews

[Neville]

as we get older, maybe a few steps beyond Autumn, these are the kind of thoughts that come to us as we look out onto a sad and sorry world and reflect on the horrors and contrasting joys we have experienced and that cause us to pause and to fret for the sake and the future of our children and theirs ..a powerful and otherwise emotionally charged post brother C ..... N

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Neville for reading and the comment. I am worrying for my world.

[Neville]

... me too.

[poetgurl]

Such an amazing and powerful write, enjoyed

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for reading and the comment. I appreciate the kind words.

[Ian]

Wow. This is pretty powerful. This all feels very raw and real. I think you've captured the imperfections and contradictions within people in a way that is interesting to read. The line about your grandchildren really got to me.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you, Ian for reading and the comment. I am getting older. Thinking too much.

[William Michael Reeves]

A letter to the sinner? Or to the forgiven? Both should read it. Excellent line you wrote about the Devil being jobless. Reminded me of C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters. If you actually have been to Africa that must have been intense!

[Coyote Poetry]

I went to Africa for President Clinton three times. Food, water and medicine missions. Us soldiers did what we could. When whole cities are dying from hunger. Break your heart. I wish the great governments spend 10% of the war budget on feeding the starving. Hunger would be erased. Thank you for reading and the comment.