Why God Why?
now, it'll be a repetitive cliche if i blame you for every wrong i have committed
and even more dull if i question your existence
another repetitive drone preaching atheist beliefs
but i do have a few questions
if you give me an audience i wouldn't waste any enquires
i know famine and poverty is band but it never effected me
global warming is pretty big but i never had to swim away from the polar ice caps
and it's not your fault for my oafish mishaps
but i want to know why me god?
hang on wait, i know i'm contradicting myself
and it's not on purpose to try and catch you out
i mean i know your clever, you're God for christ's sake
why did you have to kill my rabbit?
he was only a couple of years old and only ever harmed carrots
i used to throw treats at him and watch him scuttle from the sides of the garden
but one night you scared the living shit out of him. he had a heart attack and died
why did you have to give my granddad a blood clot?
i know he didn't die but imagine me as a kid chasing the footsteps of an uncle
rushing to see him suffering on a hospital bed
you saved him but shit did you give me a fright
why did you have to blind my grandma?
i hardly see her enough
is this some sick metaphorical joke
i don't see her enough and now she literally can't
now me asking you these questions makes me realise how lucky i am
my family are all alive and well but maybe you're leaving it
a great crescendo of agony
old enough to realise how terrible the occasion is
leaving me to slump into a coma of sorrow and depression
but i thank you for the luck i have now
but god answer me this
when will my downfall come?
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Note: I tried to imagine what an audience with God would be like, what questions i would ask me. This poem made me realise how lucky i am not to have a close relative pass away. Now i'm worried because i know that day is going to slowly creep up on me .
Ann Foxglove
Thu 20th May 2010 08:29
I love this Josh. You have such a fresh clear voice. Hope you keep posting. (Have you heard of a book called Submarine by Joe Dunthorne? I think you'd like it. He's a poet too. Somehow this poem of yours reminded me of the book.)