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Help Me Understand

Help me understand I don't understand, why everybody dies.... no matter the future in their plans Help me understand Eternity dwells, in the heart of every man... no one can control...when they're gone Help me understand Castles are built, on the shifting sand... then, comes a wave....and washes it away Help me understand Bridge Sometimes the strongest one, gets taken by surprise Sometimes the fastest one, stumbles before the prize It's so hard to trust, surrounded by evil men It's such a crime when, the good lay in the dust Bridge Life is a mystery, no questioning the why... try to re-write history, but we're stopped when we die... I don't understand, why there is so much pain and suffering is all we know There must be a way, to chase away the rain, and learn how to love as we grow Help me understand Bridge Sometimes the strongest one, gets taken by surprise Sometimes the fastest one, stumbles before the prize I don't understand...why everybody dies Help me understand... Help me understand.... repeat and fade John Derek Hamilton May 25,2019

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Heidi Sands

Date: 5/31/2019 5:45:00 PM

This is very good. I can feel it. Filled with truth too. Well done :)

John Hamilton
Date: 6/1/2019 11:55:00 AM

Thanks Heidi!

Curtis Moorman

Date: 5/29/2019 7:59:00 AM

John, what a poignant lyric! You have opened up lines of thought that we all should be aware of, but many are not. As a firm believer, I am elated to see your poem in print so that unbelievers may get the message it is designed to send. God Bless your efforts to inform others so they won't be cast into a fiery hell. The passages you referred Victor to are excellent. Also, Job 16:19-20 are good as well. Thanks for your invaluable insight and concern for others.

John Hamilton
Date: 5/29/2019 1:39:00 PM

Thanks Curtis for your insightful comment, I too thought of Job 16 but I didn't want to overwhelm him in one comment. Funny I was just reading Job 38-42 this morning, very faith strengthening especially with the health trials I'm facing. Take care Curtis

Allen Beilschmidt Sr.

Date: 5/26/2019 6:24:00 PM

"To every thing there is a season; a time to be born, a time to die." ~Ecclesiastes 3:1

John Hamilton
Date: 5/27/2019 12:52:00 PM

You're right, as I mentioned this is not my perspective, thanks for your kind visit! Romans 5:12 Rev21:3,4

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 5/25/2019 5:14:00 PM

Hello John Hamilton, there so many reasons for these things happening. yet there are no answers. Have a nice evening my friend.

John Hamilton
Date: 5/26/2019 6:01:00 PM

Thanks Darlene!