I Fail To Understand What God Was Thinking Poem by Richard Lackman

I am trying hard to understand
Why God placed us here in such a state
Still I am afraid to reprimand
Him who put me here and tempt my fate

Considering how complex humans are
And how much work it took to get us here
Evolution surely has come far
And yet mortality is always near

I fail to understand what God was thinking
When He made our lives so transient
Did He hope that each of us was linking
To some cosmic heavenly event

How could He commit so great an error
And overrate our sensitivities
Should we all now look up at Him with terror
Or just accept our poor proclivities

Despite my real attempts at introspection
I'll never know just what He had in mind
And so I daily ply the intersection
Of infinity and earthly time