Because Of You

Because of You I cried today,
Because of You I prayed.
Because of You I cursed my God,
Because He took you away.

Yet I know in fact it wasn't Him,
That let you suffer so.
A God of love and a perfect world,
Would never have let you go.

But Nature is cruel with a streak of mean,
That knows no bounds of age.
She takes the good as well as the bad,
In peace and in fits of rage.

I've seen Her destroy a thousand lives,
With a single swipe of Her glove.
I've watched Her take the only man,
That my Mother had ever loved.

But God is blameless, He can't listen to some,
Disregarding the plea of others.
How could He act on all of our prayers,
Without thinking of His own Blessed Mother.

We've leaned too heavily on spiritual beliefs,
Our thinking must take a new course.
Luck of the draw, right place wrong time,
We're subject to Natural force.

So pray if you must and hope if you will,
But those who surround us are it.
Given to us through fortune and fate,
This may be all that we get.

Because of You my children I held,
And spoke of how much I loved them.
Because of You I kissed my wife,
Knowing my vows are solemn.

Because of You I'll take each day,
Make the most of what it can be.
Because of You I'll try to discover,
The goodness in those nearest me.

Because of You I cried today,
For all of those who have gone .
For all the things I never did say,
I pray that we meet beyond.

Sunset at the coast