This World Without God

Can you imagine a planet in which God does not hold evil in check?

"Your God cannot exist because
there's chaos everywhere."
"You think there's turmoil now, but pause.
I've more I must declare."

"No Jesus near, please start to scream
for all would go to HELL.
What sacrifice beyond your dream!
Not saved in any dell."

"That can't be so! You tell a lie!"
"Volcanic lava, endless spew,
it sacrifices Earth, and sky.
Damnation, wholly true.

"The roiling waters know no bounds.
The world is Noah's Day.
What Government can float is found
to legislate dismay!

"Your Godless world can't save. It gives
to ev'ry human heart
Its feeding on your flesh. It lives
to death always impart."

word count: 105
line count: 20
the verse used: Revelation 20:11, KJV, "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them."
the prompt: "What would this world be like without God intervening in our lives?"

by Jay O'Toole
on March 31st, 2021