My Gripes With Life

Why would a Lord's servant miserably die,
And his wife and children are left embroiled in lack?

Why would a toiler a beautiful mansion buy,
But a gun bearing loafer ambushes his head?

As I continue my gripes with life
Another question comes up:
Why should the industrious laborer seek heaven's favor
But all this he does in vain?

Why and why I ask
Until I discover that life is an empty husk!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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George   Avatar
March 21, 2011 at 3:15 PM
I wrote a sonnet sometime back, entitled The Rose and the Thorn. Yes! Life is bitter-sweet Hannington. Seems we can't have the roses without the thorns. Elaine
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