Closer to God

Sometimes I go to church
And stare up at the deity in
The stained glass window
With a halo over his head

And start to wonder
What he thinks about
All the madness
In my life

And then I start to question if
The craziness was
Part of the plan.

That perhaps he wanted
To send me on this path
Through ill health
To give me enlightenment

That this was the catalyst
For what had awoken me
From my atheistic spell
And brought me closer
To him.

Poetry For The People

Enough of these aristocratic
Ivy league toffee nosed
Riddles.

Time to make poetry
Readable and relatable
To Americans
Who don’t want to
Decipher your enigmatic
Codes.

Time to make poetry revolve
Around ordinary people!

Amp up the volume and
Make your voice heard!

Don’t cut out the commoners
To please your ego!