I shout and no one answers
Except myself
Have mercy on me
Who am I talking to?
While the world
Worships currency
Assets
Equities
Who pays for the roof over a newborn’s head?
How can I tell my friends
To search their hearts
And be silent
To trust in the world
It’s going to be alright
No, Ma’am
It’s going to be more waiting
More death
More suffering
Which only brings wisdom they say
The wisdom to know
We do not control a single thing
We can only meditate
On the stillness that is You
And know
Even with nothing
We are not alone
We are blessed
With silence
And with nothingness
And violins
Psalm Five
1 Give ear to my words, O God,Consider my meditation.2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God;For unto thee do I pray.3 O God, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice;In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:Evil shall not sojourn with thee.5 The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight:Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.6 Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies:God abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.7 But as for me, in the abundance of thy loving Kindness will I come into thy house:In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.8 Lead me, O God, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;Make thy way straight before my face.9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;Their inward part in every wickedness;Their throat is an open sepulchre;They flatter with their tongue.10 Hold them guilty, O God;Let them fall by their own counsels;Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions;For they have rebelled against thee.11 But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice,Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them:Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.12 For thou wilt bless the righteous;O God, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.
Do I ever stop
Crying out for help
In my dirge
Desperate for a god
Who is only talked about
By people looking for a sovereign ruler
And finding none
Especially in themselves?
I pray for prosperity
What else?
Money the source of all evil
And everything else
Especially shrimp ‘n grits
And beachfront property
Is that so?
Is there something wrong with an Escalade
Or a vacation home in St. Tropez
Or will your hurricanes
Destroy that too?
Am I so arrogant
So filled with hate
That the universe is no longer comfortable with me
At least
Not since I began to speak?
I still bow down to tabernacles
Especially the baroque
And recite rosaries at funerals
Along with the devout
And utter Under God
When I pledge allegiance to the flag
And indivisible
They buy and sell the working class
The out-of-working class
And the high fructose
Incapacitated class
Going mad
With dementia and Diabetes II
What do you plan to do with us?
O God, whoever you are
Wherever you hide
We clearly cannot save ourselves
Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous Do you?
Who are they?
Democrat or Republican?
Have mercy on me
The unknowing
Uncomprehending
Brain Dead
Me
Deliver me
Accept the prayers
Of one drowning in the dark
Weak from the sorrow of the world
And when you think of it
Destroy the destroyers too
In Jesus name, Amen
Psalm Six
1 O God, rebuke me not in thine anger,Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.2 Have mercy upon me,
