Judy Brumby-Lake

God

Where are you holy
omnipresent,
omniscient,
omnipotent God?
We are taught that
you are everywhere,
know everything,
and are the supreme being.
Yet the world spins in turbulence,
Your presence is not felt.
People of different religions are
eternally singing your praise
and espousing ideas
they perceive as yours.
Some of your adolescent sons
are impetuous to meet you
as in their innocence,
are willing to please you
and either utilising ammunition to destroy
those they believe as non-followers!
Or whilst, chanting your name,
are deflowering children
whose parents are of a different faith.
Some men who wear holy white collars,
after shouting and gesticulating your wish
from a pulpit, are ravishing children
in dark areas of your home.
Some people believe that all is right,
as long as they are descendants of David,
to bulldoze a house
with beating hearts within.
They say you work towards perfection,
yet the gifted ones, regardless of faith,
are correcting your defective creation.
Sometimes I think that you are
like a pre-conceived, immortal priest
that has deceased.
So, God, if you’re still there,
please wake from your slumber,
accept your gold watch,
and allocate someone else to do the job.

© Judy Brumby-Lake (first published in BCEPS 2004)