God Somewhere


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I don’t understand people
who refuse the hope
that there’s a God.
I mean
any
kind of God.
It doesn’t have to be of formal conjuring.
Forget all the epistemological arguments.
At the very least there’s got to be a Something that knows more
and is more
and is more able than I.

 

If I thought there really were
no God at all, well…
why wouldn’t I just slit my wrists?
Look at this world
and the institutions
and the people
in it.
Live long enough and you’ll see.
It’s. Fucked. Up.
There is no one
and nothing
to trust
even if you wanted to… even if you should.

 

Friends fail
Lovers fail
Parents fail
Children fail
Teachers fail
Priests fail


Governments fail
Churches fail
Courts fail
Banks fail
Cops fail
Lawyers fail
Dictators fail

 

                                Wives fail
                                Husbands fail
                                Heroes fail
                                Psychiatrists fail

 

Planes fail
Cars fail
Boats fail
Elevators fail
Dogs fail

 

        Cats don’t even fucking try

 

                Lies
            Truth
        Love
    Tears
  Forgiveness

 

        Heroin
                Cigarettes
        Bodies
                Booze
        Xanax


Chocolate
Computers
iPhones
Facebook
Vibrators

 

                            Porn
                            Presidents
                            Protestors
                            Peacemakers
                            Poets

 

They

 

We

 

You

 

I

 

           Fail.

 

So, the only thing I’ve really got going on is this hope,
this hope,
that there is a God somewhere
Who has not
Will not
Cannot
fail.


3 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Love it. Favorite line: “Cats don’t even fucking try:
    Really different this time. I’m so loving your poetry!

    August 29th, 2013

  2. Julie Dolcemaschio (@AuthorJulieD)

    Amen.

    August 29th, 2013

  3. Jill Bess Neimeyer

    Yup. That pretty much says it all. Love it. As always.

    August 31st, 2013

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