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God's Vanishing Act
It was hard to admit
but now I know
when I needed
someone to staunch the flow
he wasn’t there
when life tried to pull
the plug on me
where was he?
If he was hiding
then it was not up my sleeve
he was not even
in my sky.
And God didn’t stop
my flood of tears
there was no
celestial handkerchief
offered by his outstretched hand
not to me
God just leaves me
lying here to die
and if he ever was here at all
then it must have been
long ago
and before my time
that must have been
some vanishing act.
Published 5th Dec 2009
| Edited 28th Mar 2016
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Anonymous
5th Dec 2009 11:37pm
Great poem, the sentiment should ring true for so many:-) I especially liked the phrase 'celestial handkerchief.'
5th Dec 2009 11:43pm
Seems I'm on a roll today - thanks again Jack. You wait until you see tomorrow's poem about God - I cant wait to post it!
Anonymous
6th Dec 2009 3:12am
here will agree to your sentiment here A,there isnt really any pie in the sky as far as I see:-)
6th Dec 2009 9:58am
Ah, but you are spoilt for choice, P - a lot of people here only have one God to poke fun at!
Anonymous
6th Dec 2009 12:53pm
Hihi the population issue choking my land applies to our gods too,further worsened by the fact that I did my entire schooling in a school as well as junior college run by nuns where chapel attending was compulsory---lol
6th Dec 2009 1:00pm
A god cull every so often might be the answer - and I'm sure that 'schooling' you mention is responsible for honing the remarkable spirit evident in your poems.
Anonymous
6th Dec 2009 1:09pm
I dont know A what really threw me to poetry back then, yes the kind of schooling did have a say,particularly one of the nuns who taought me literature in senior secondary, she was the first one ever to see anything that I wrote and also the first one to tell me,its not all that bad,lol---.I guess another major reason was a vacant childhood,when i was thrown with books a lot, owing to the fact that I was a girl in a conservative set up, so there wasnt much to do other than read and hence write too:-)What abt u?
6th Dec 2009 3:44pm
