I Need A Poem For The Evening

I need a poem for the evening The day has been difficult Visiting two very sick friends and the wife of one on the edge of breakdown Being in a crowd of one’s own people and feeling oneself a stranger Praying at the Kotel in gratitude and yet wondering if the prayer real Wondering how life could go so wrong for those I know of my own age When it hasn’t for me yet Praying to God And wondering why God should listen to me Life is difficult Suffering is real Disappointment is endemic in the human condition I can still write a poem Even if it is an unhappy one.