'In the Name of the Father'

Cherry

By Silver Spun Sand

Wed, 23 Mar 2016
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Cannot grieve for them all...
so will grieve for her –
a Peruvian mother
of four year old twins
fate sent out to play,
in the care of their dad,
beyond those gates of hell
took so many lives. 
 
Cannot weep for them all
so will weep for the family,
and for he who survived
to raise them on his own,
with a ‘Why’ on his lips
with his every living breath – 
never to be answered. 
 
Cannot pray for them all,
but I can pray for them...
the unborn.
Certificate PG
Poem
Silver Spun Sand Poems
Spiritual

Comments

Submitted by airyfairy on

Just been reading about this lady, and about some of the people still desperately searching for their loved ones.  Every day, it seems, families all over the world are going through such horrors.  Why, indeed.

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Amen.

 

Submitted by Bee on

An especially poignant last line. 

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Thanks, Bee...so much; except, there are no words, are there?

Tina

 

Submitted by VeraClark on

No words. Too much. 

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Ditto, indeed, Vera.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Why such hatred, and anger, hardness?

Good to be drawn to pray for an individual family and their ongoing needs and consequences for the years ahead. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Why, oh why?

My thanks to you for reading and sharing your thoughts, as it helps to do at times like these.

Tina