He says He loves
And does not answer
Does not remake the world,
Seems to love it so much that He wants it the same
We go on freely unhindered about our offence
And He hangs on the cross
Helpless, unmoving, unhelped like us
Indeed we are made in the image of God
We do as we please to Him
Who courteously returns the compliment
This undated religious poem is one of DMP's forays into free verse, and derives from his many meditations on the meaning of Christ's crucifixion and the so-called problem of evil: how can God offer us redemption without eliminating evil from the world?
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