Art by Joe Sorren

'tried not to pray'                                                    timothy r gates, 2/23/2013

tried not to pray
blessed the darkness
cursed the light
wept till I joined the infamous,
"my G-d, my God! why have you
forsaken me!?"
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when the universe was void
light winked,
they held hands into
the eighth day,
the Earth's not given freewill.
tried not to pray
blood perspiring Garden
breathing Lotus
bet they knew,
"who does a God pray to?"
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heard the arguments
listened to rants and praises
(unlikely one i've not made or read)
answers like the questions,
they work when there's no eclipse.
in the space between the words
here I feel the dew on the Garden's floor.
tried not to pray
in the eye of the storm
ex nihilo eis nihilo
here i stop,
prayer silenced,
clatter of my brain (this piece begs the question),
now I hear another's prayers.
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