Freedom!
What a hell of a gift!
Why, God?
Why that awful gift?
Why a gift that enables us to
--go in the wrong direction
until we are totally lost?
--waste our lives in a
million different ways?
--completely destroy ourselves
if that is our choice?
--make such a mess of our lives
there aren't even any pieces
to put back together?
Why a gift that enables us to
--hurt other people so much
when they need to be helped?
--use and misuse those who
are close to us?
--take advantage of people
when they are vulnerable?
--walk on people with total
disregard for their feelings?
--cut people up and throwaway
the pieces?
--make such a mess of other lives
there aren't even any pieces
to put back together?
Why did you give us a gift
that enables us
--to turn our backs on you?
--to take all your gifts and
use them for our own selfish
purposes?
--to stab you in the heart by
all our cruelty to one another?
--to go to hell
when you made us for heaven?
When I consider
all the gifts you have to give,
I can only ask why, God.
Why did you give us a gift
that allows us to create so much hell
for ourselves
for others
and for you?
Is it the only way
you could give us the gift of love?
Love means nothing
unless it is given freely.
Love is not love unless
we are free not to love.
We could not share the gift of love
without the gift of freedom.
But why, God?
Why do we take this gift
that was given
so we might discover
that which is most beautiful
that which is most meaningful
and use it to cause
so much pain
so much ugliness?
Freedom!
It's a hell of a gift!
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