breaks not as much for suffering
but that the world is as it is
when it could be much more
and thus his restless heart
an artist’s eye
seeks for beauty
suggesting questions
“what if?” and “why not?”
that we may hunger more
blessed be God’s messengers
prophets in the village square
asking troubling questions
that passers-by can’t shake
until they find answers
© 2019 david w palmer
a gogyohka-ren poem
Picture is a detail from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican, by Michelangelo (painted 1508-1512) "Jeremiah, the Weeping Prophet"
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