What God is This

What God(?) is this That walks warmly alongside death A malingering menace Feasting on the pain of life’s limitations A sadist, reveling in life’s clinging pain Supping on the angst of agony’s doubts Holding trembling hands Promising nothing. Who’s God(?) is this Erasing the lines of life’s lunacy Denying the agony of love’s departure Reveling in the emptiness of alone Offering no choice but death’s mystery. What god? I ask with venomed breath Would slay youth Extend a lifeless life Of endless need Prolong the hollow need Of a God(?) Who walks warmly alongside death.