God, not me

[vagabond]

God, not me

When grief
was the overload           maybe leave grieve metaphorical: "when all was overcast"?

in a cloud

He met
lies with lies,
deceit with deceit;             i am wondering who was deceived here, first i thought it was the disappointed subject.. but then the next stanza made me think otherwise.  
which in turn made this stanza into something not directly dealing with what i thought the poem is about.

all the while                        you could leave this line out  i think
He deadened pain                  maybe something like "alleviate" instead of "deadened" (which sounds too drastic, and also a little negative, but if it´s intended like that nevermind my suggestion)
by painting a smile                       i am thinking of a rainbow here.. 
to keep a heart
from crumbling.                     maybe shorten this to "the smile He painted / kept my heart from crumbling"

It's harder to pick bones                   
with God,

so dysfunction
chooses the weakest,
instead.

hi nibbed.. it is like i can´t put it all together, especially the last two stanzas and the one below "in a cloud" .
if i´d concentrate the part that touches me  i´d get:

when all is overcast
the smile He painted in the sky
kept my heart
above the rain.

.. but your title speaks of a different story, so this does not fit your poem, it´s just a fragment i distorted.