Desperate for a god
Who is only talked about
By people looking for a sovereign ruler
And finding none
Especially in themselves?
I pray for prosperity
What else?
Money the source of all evil
And everything else
Especially shrimp ‘n grits
And beachfront property
Is that so?
Is there something wrong with an Escalade
Or a vacation home in St. Tropez
Or will your hurricanes
Destroy that too?
Am I so arrogant
So filled with hate
That the universe is no longer comfortable with me
At least
Not since I began to speak?
I still bow down to tabernacles
Especially the baroque
And recite rosaries at funerals
Along with the devout
And utter Under God
When I pledge allegiance to the flag
And indivisible
They buy and sell the working class
The out-of-working class
And the high fructose
Incapacitated class
Going mad
With dementia and Diabetes II
What do you plan to do with us?
O God, whoever you are
Wherever you hide
We clearly cannot save ourselves
Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous Do you?
Who are they?
Democrat or Republican?
Have mercy on me
The unknowing
Uncomprehending
Brain Dead
Me
Deliver me
Accept the prayers
Of one drowning in the dark
Weak from the sorrow of the world
And when you think of it
Destroy the destroyers too
In Jesus name, Amen
Psalm Six
1 O God, rebuke me not in thine anger,Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.2 Have mercy upon me, O God; for I am withered away:O God, heal me; for my bones are troubled.3 My soul also is sore troubled:And thou, O God, how long?4 Return, O God, deliver my soul:Save me for thy loving kindness’ sake.5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee:In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?6 I am weary with my groaning;Every night make I my bed to swim;I water my couch with my tears.7 Mine eye wasteth away because of grief;It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity;For God hath heard the voice of my weeping.9 God hath heard my supplication;God will receive my prayer.10 All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled:They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.
Lord, who am I talking to?
I beg you
Do not rebuke me in your anger
I am the one rebuking me
I tell you my bones are in agony
You or someone else not you
Tells me to see the
Orthopedic surgeon
Or maybe a neurologist
Like a wife abused
Beaten, raped, reviled
I have given up waiting on your name
Knowing it’s only a matter of time
Before I too
Am delivered to the flames
My ashes scattered to the winds
Have you given birth to my soul
To let me drown in the dark of the world?
Have you encouraged multiple creeds
So believers can kill and maim
In your name
And drag me into madness
Imprinting on my newborn soul
Tribe as Higher Power?
My analyst takes notes
For the revelation
That I am acting out
With anger
And resentment
And fury
For being alive
Apparently
I no longer wait on a Messiah
Only for the Garden of Eden to return
At least in my imagination
Dancing girls
With incredible legs
And breasts that bounce
To intoxicate me
And mesmerize me
And love me
More than you
Or do I want to be worshipped too?
Psalm Seven
1 O God my God, in thee do I take refuge:Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion,Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.3 O God my God, if I have done this;If there be iniquity in my hands;4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth,And lay my glory in the dust. 6 Arise, O God, in thine anger;Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries,And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.7 And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about;And over them return thou on high.8 God ministereth judgment to the peoples:Judge me, O God, according to my righteousness, And to mine integrity that is in me.9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish thou the righteous:For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.10 My shield is with God,Who saveth the upright in heart.11 God is a righteous judge,Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.12 If a man turn not, he will whet his sword;He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity;Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.15 He hath made a pit, and digged it,And is fallen into the ditch which he made.16 His mischief shall return upon his own head,And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.17 I will give thanks unto God according to his righteousness,And will sing praise to the name of God Most High.
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