M.I.A

 Children dying from drinking muddy water
Not what you’d want for your son or daughter

Children dying from curable diseases
Dying of cold as their blood stream freezes

Children dying from acute starvation
Their plight apparently lost in translation

Children dying by bomb and gun
Whatever happened to childhood fun?

Children dying painfully from cancer
Original sin comes back as the answer

Children screaming and dying in acts of god
A god who allows this is obviously a fraud

Children scarred and damaged by abuse
This god of love is not much use

We have misery, abuse and preventable death
Children dying deprived of their breath

What is god doing while this suffering continues?
Is he just in our heads and iconic statues?

Needs clearly obvious yet no heavenly reaction
It is clear to me god is missing in action