Tuesday, March 18, 2025

To Enter the Kingdom of God ~ Tuesday, March 18

Through the eye of a needle, a camel
heaven-sent, in Jesus, if I believe
religion, organized or otherwise
obliterates my mind, eat béchamel
under pain of death, my sentence, condemned
given my DNA, how, now I grieve
heaven can wait, I am no saint, what lies

thoughts betray the hidden, the whole truth, words
haunt a bush with sparrows, light diademed
eclipsed the sun, the moon throws down some shade

enter the future through the past-present
yesterday, I knelt down to pray, I fade
each day into a memory, time bent

out of joint, out of order, hear the birds
foreign tongues speak full of idle chatter

aspects of the real disappear, how, now

notice wit tipping the brown cow, sacred
each day I expect things to get better
each day I fall deeper into madness
demented by disappointment, I bow
less toward God than into a soft bed
each day I wish I could bless this mess, sweet

anarchy in my mind, this brain I guess

causes me such frustration, I abide
angry and confused, yet calm and hopeful
maybe tomorrow I will clean inside
each day I dream I could go back to school
less is more, at work, say less, do more, [beat]

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