Strong Men

Strong men die
Nice guys have psychotic breaks
Marriages end
Disease wins
The innocence
Of children
Is stolen

Merciless suffering

Unbearable pain

This is life

The part of life

That must somehow be
Reconciled with
God loves you

It has to be reconciled

Or life will be shallow

Or there will always be

Things deep inside
Not spoken of

It has to be reconciled

Or there will be a disconnect

Between life as we want it

And life as we know it

Between God as we want God

And God as God is