The sun rises in the eastern skyline as it always does each day

And God Wept

The sun rises in the eastern skyline as it always does each day.

It shines upon the cities as

people drink their first cups of coffee

travel to work

enter buildings

say their hellos after their morning good-byes

plan the day’s work.... as they have done each day.

This morning as God watches over His children He weeps.

The sun becomes lost behind clouds of smoke, flames and debris,

reflective of darker days.

The city disappears as

people vanish from the sight of

drinking their first cups of coffee

traveling to work

entering buildings

saying hellos after their morning good-byes

planning the days work....for they will never exist any more.

This morning as God hears the screams of His children, He weeps.

How many mornings has God heard the screams of His children?

How many mornings does God have tears in His eyes?

How many mornings will the sun witness humankind – inhumanness?

How many mornings do we have left until the screams are forever silenced?

And God forever weeps.

by Susan Handle Terbay