Why Does Suffering Exist?
An exploration of the topic through monoku
some say suffering exists only in our minds, that’s so zen of them
some suffer because life’s purpose is the full human experience
karma draws them to it or it to them, yet punishment I say not
just the price of admission to the master class of good and evil
suffering exists because God feels only unconditional love
unconditional love does not know punishment, only forgiveness
unconditional love not earned nor denied, it’s felt and freely given
those who endure suffering without pain, live in gratitude and trust
Poet’s Notes:
In the wee hours of Friday morning, I read Ted Czukor’s free verse Why Must Some People Suffer So Much. Ted’s poignant and contemplative piece for Nora (I gathered) wonders whether kind people in this cycle suffer as punishment for transgressions in past lives and includes:
I wish we could have taken away her pain,
God and I. Was that so much to ask?
Why must some people suffer so much?
What could they have possibly done?Whatever it was, I could forgive it.
Why couldn’t God? There must be a reason.
There has to be a reason that I…
