And god is not listening
to you tonight
Tear-stained cheeks
knees bruised from rocking
on the hardwood floor
The words mouthed
over and over again
But god is not listening
to you tonight
He is indifferent
as the dead you
pray for
Deaf as my grandmother
So you would do
well to stand up,
wash your face
and stop asking
for absolution
from someone else
Because god is not listening
to you tonight
But don’t take it
too hard
or make it into
something else
to be miserable
about
For he is not listening
to anyone …
tonight
or any other
(D. James)
Once I was in the park and this man was running around, screaming at the top of his lungs, “God HATES us all! God HATES us all!”
I wondered how a nonentity could be so hateful.
Make me your apostle!