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Thich Nhat Hahn  Donald S. Harrington

GEORGIA HARKNESS

THE AGONY OF GOD

I listen to Your agony, O God;

I who am fed,

Who never yet went hungry for a day.

I see the dead,

The children starved for lack of bread;

I see and try to pray.

I listen to Your agony, O God;

I who am warm,

Who never yet have lacked a sheltered home.

In dull alarm,

The dispossessed of hut and farm

Aimless and transient roam.

I listen to Your agony, O God;

I who am strong,

With health and love and laughter in my soul.

I see a throng

Of stunted children reared in wrong

And yearn to make them whole.

I listen to Your agony, O God;

But know full well

That not until I share their bitter cry,

Earth’s pain and hell,

Can You within my spirit dwell

To bring Your kingdom nigh.