Astonished

So God, the Supreme Being, Creator--

Whatever you want to call Him--sat

And looked down upon the planet

That was the Earthlings' habitat.

 

"My, oh, my!" He said to himself.

"What I've done is truly insane:

I gave people a way to think,

But some aren't able use their brain.

 

"Terminating pregnancies

Isn't an issue that's black or white.

But I gave people the means to do it;

Each must decide to do what's right.

"I gave people excellent doctors,

Safe methods, facilities,

And people who offer expert advice

In keeping with their abilities.

 

"What I can see occurring right now

Is SOME want to choose what's "right" for OTHERS.

Whether to carry a child to term

Should be entirely up to the mothers.

 

"My God--oops, I said it again--

It really frustrates me when I find

That people down there claim to know

What is happening in my mind.

 

"This is my goal for everybody:

It's incumbent on you to look

Inside your heart and do not base

All your decisions on any one book.

 

"Extremist ideologies!

They are disgusting to me, and yet

People love to involve me in them.

We need a sit-down--a tête-à-tête.

 

"But right now I have other problems.

I've been watching two nations collide.

Ridiculously, each of the countries

Thinks that I am on its side."

 

-by Bob B (6-25-22)

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Very topical write. Yes, extreme policies are dangerous. A bad decision made regarding pregnancy termination. I can only say that I am thankful that I am living on this side of the pond. Then there's the gun laws as well that need a great deal of reform. Don't we live in challenging times Bob? You cover it admirably here in your lines. Of course this side of the pond we have our own problems to sort out and there are many of them.

Chris

[Bob B]

We definitely have our problems. Sometimes I wish I could live on the other side of the pond, but as you say, there are problems to be worked out there, too.

[Chris Shaw]

We don't have guns to worry about but we have high knife crimes, especially in London. Kids with knives killing kids. Then we have illegal immigrants posing as refugees when most are economic migrants, coming across the channel in rubber boats aided by people traffickers. Our government is currently incapable of stopping it and an army of young men with no ID are being put into four star hotels at tax payers expense when there is a cost of living crisis! 80% of the population hate what's happening. Go figure!

Chris