Fundamental Question Poem by Tom Higgins

Fundamental Question



I have a question,
to which so far
my life's experience
cannot provide an answer.
How could a benign, thinking,
loving and caring creator,
come up with
such a thing as cancer?

Tom Higgins
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Topic(s) of this poem: caring
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