Dear God,
I was never one for prayer
Never one to be a Jehovah's Witness
Or Christian or Baptist
It was just expected
"God, in His own way, is watching"
Like it was fact
Like I should believe
Because they told me so
But why would I believe that
In my world of technology
In my world of science
In my world of reasoning
That you are anything but
A fairytale?
Yes, we need trial and error
Privilege should not be handed to us
But you allow pain
Crippling, mind numbing pain
And horrid things to happen to good people, innocent people,
Children who won't ever get to be children again
All she ever wanted
Was to believe that
Someone, Anyone
Wouldn't abandon her
All he asked for
Was a bit of anything
To go right in his poor life
For a better future
And they are weeping at your altar
Wondering why no one is listening
Wondering why no one cares
And if you do listen, do care
Then why does it hurt so much just to live?
Why is the world such a cruel, unforgiving place?
Why is free will equivalent to destruction?
Maybe I'm more afraid that you are here
A man in the sky
Or father, I should say
Watching his children
Destroy each other
Ruin each other
A father that has boundless power
A father that stands idle as we tear each other apart at the seams
