Note: Some poetry from 2021-2022 are unlisted in the Index of Titles.

Friday, June 26, 2020

Your tomblike silence

Your tomblike silence                                                                                 

I’ve adjusted my theories about You,
at times, but I’ve held firmly onto them.

Whether they be right or wrong,
I don’t know what I’m talking about.

I know You not at all; You know my every sin.
You are ever clothed in the divine mystery;

I am naked and ashamed, afraid
to be in the same room with You,

cooped up in Your tomblike silence.
I keep up this chatter to escape

Your soundless, fearsome intimacy.   
When I run out of questions

I’ll be totally at Your mercy, just as I am now
but with no words with which to pretend otherwise.

O child of God, the truth you are seeking
will never be on your side.

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