Sonnet: Should I Be More Tolerant, God? Poem by Dr John Celes

How many times should I forgive someone?
Maybe, a few more times if he’s my friend;
For how much longer should I still him shun?
He has become my foe, almost fiend!

For how much longer should I keep quiet?
How long I stay at the receiving end?
Should I not vent my emotions a bit?
Do happenings all good omens portend?

O God, Thou must start acting on my stead;
How much more harassment can I suffer?
Some brains atrophy faster within head;
I can’t remain a scape-goat and buffer!

O Lord, punish the men who seek my blood
And let them bang the earth with mighty thud!