The Makings and Breakings of Suffering.....

The Ins and Outs -t the Light and Dark of Suffering.

Suffering Makes the Simplest among Us

Vastly Complex and immeasurably Complicated

Suffering Takes all Beings to the Edges

And sometimes past the Edges

Of Light and Dark

Suffering can Break

An Ordinary

Or Extraordinary Exterior Life

While Making

A Self-Sustaining, stalwart

Ordinarily Extraordinary Interior Life

Suffering can Make you

Or Break you

The Character of the Soul

Before the Suffering makes no real difference

Suffering has made

Angels demons

And demons Angels

Suffering has made

Heroes Cowards

And Cowards Heroes

Suffering can make

The destructively Foolish constructively Wise

And the constructively Wise destructively Foolish

Suffering can make

The Sane Mad

And the Mad Sane

Suffering can make

The compassionately Humane ravaging Beasts

And ravaging Beasts compassionately Humane

Suffering can make

A Public Life Secret

And a Secret Life Public

Suffering can make

Masters Puppets

And Puppets Masters

Suffering can make

The Risen Crucified

And the Crucified Risen

Suffering can make

Mere Words a War

And a War mere Words

Suffering can make

Heaven Hell

And Hell Heaven

Suffering can bring

Perceived Death to Life

And perceived Life to Death

Suffering has

Destroyed

Individuals, Communities, Nations and Civilizations

Suffering has

Created

Individuals, Communities, Nations and Civilizations

Yes,  Suffering makes the Simplest among Us

Vastly Complex and immeasurably Complicated