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If Only Time Didnot Hurt

I’ve been told
“things work out for the best”
in that way each of us
Divinely blessed 

God in control they say – 
if only Time didn’t hurt…

I believe in life hereafter
I believe no wrong God
can’t have undone; someday
somehow our dear Lord to make 
all losses won --

God in control they say --
if only Time didn’t hurt…

God in control they say
though ticking I find unbearable
swinging pendulum a clank and 
clunk~ when a heart sunk
too deep one’s despair...yet I
am told, God is always
fair – always there – somewhere 
taking loving care

God in control they say -- 
if only Time didn’t hurt...

No theologian am I
just a common soul, treading, adrift; 
questioning if sane to trust in fate -- 
dialogues with God sounding always
one sided debate -- 

I believe in love
while more questioning 
my faith

God in control they say
your silence pushing me 
further astray -- 
if only Time didn’t hurt...

If only Time didn’t hurt…

If only Time didn’t hurt….

Copyright © Joe Dimino | Year Posted 2023

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Gershon Wolf Date: 9/13/2023 8:33:00 PM 'If only time didn't hurt' -- echoes down the corridor of our lives and throughout history. Profound write, Joe. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/14/2023 7:03:00 AM And when having fun, it passes far too quickly. Oh well...we do our reasoned best...making omelets out of cracked eggs, and trying to change enemies into love ones. Thank you my very wise poet friend. Blessings!

Hiya Sharma Date: 9/10/2023 5:39:00 AM I can resonate deeply with the ache and painstaking depth that you've so evocatively described in these lines. Having gone through such grief, many a time, questioning time, questioning everything that surrounded the air, I can feel how poignant and vulnerable one's soul becomes, losing its essence and then finally losing every hope that God will undo every wrong deed. I too, believe that, time doesn't heal, it makes us accept the situation as it is, and in the worst, it hurts even more.. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/10/2023 9:08:00 AM Thank you so much, Hiya. So pleased this work touched your heart. We write what we honestly feel, happy to find that we are not alone in our hearts as perhaps sometimes thinking. Love is Universal, a gamut of wins and defeats, sours and sweets. Blessing my friend. Hiya Sharma Date: 9/10/2023 5:40:00 AM Such a beautifully crafted and heartfelt poem, this truly touched my heart beyond words.. Wonderful work.

Valsa George Date: 9/8/2023 10:16:00 PM Sometimes we are hurt too deep, beyond what we can bear. On such moments we are likely to ask if God is fair. Seeing the suffering of many innocent people, we often wonder why God allows so much of suffering to some. We often get no answers and it goes a one sided debate. But I am sure " the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear." A poem which has sprung from your heart echoing the thoughts of many. Enjoyed reading your poem Joe. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/9/2023 7:03:00 AM Love your comment. Like myself, taking poetic time with comments, I can see and hear the great amount of thought that went into this one -- great sense and Divine Light animating your Heart-voice. Often our greatest poetry, our best presentations are our free verse comments -- pure poetry...from our lips to god's ears~ and back again. Such blessed connection! Thank you.

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 9/6/2023 12:33:00 PM - Faith has eyes that penetrate darkness and pain, Joe - hugs Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/6/2023 1:07:00 PM Great observation; known by one with keen inner vision. Thank you. Blessings my friend.

Speaks Volumes Date: 9/6/2023 8:58:00 AM While reading this Joe, I was thinking, "this feels like a song" Then I read your reply to Vijay.. Lol Reading it again, envisioning a tune as I read, its really very good. When hurt becomes unbearable, it is hard not to question our faith, if even for just a fleeting moment, If only time didn't hurt. Well done Joe. I really like it. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/6/2023 9:42:00 AM And then we have to find a country singer to sadly sell it...geez, I think I will go back to Truck Driving.:) Thank you, SV.

Vijay Pandit Date: 9/6/2023 7:09:00 AM God in control they say – if only Time didn’t hurt…Powerful two lines. I like how succinctly delivered your message, my friend. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/6/2023 7:19:00 AM Hi Vijay; my latest attempt at writing a song. It is an art I am yet to acquire:) Thank you for the encouragement my friend. I think most us have a twinge of doubt, now and then, when it comes to faith (nothing to be ashamed of) -- especially when our hearts are aching. Blessings.