Tuesday, September 2, 2014

where have you hidden my beloved?


i went where i was suppose to go

but my beloved wasn’t there

people worshiped

empty idols that only stared

 

i went where i was suppose to go

but my beloved wasn’t there

natural creation untouched by us

tranquil ponds had nothing to share

 

i went to where the unfortunate lay

but my beloved wasn’t there

fortunate’s tossed quarters to allay their guilt

but we do not connect by what we share

 

i walked passed bars but didn’t go in

i have never seen my beloved there

my abstinence did not allay my sin

my beloved is i know not where

 

until i understood my beloved is not

where i’m suppose to be

because love does not wait for me to be

something to love

but loves the one who is me

a concept so difficult to perceive

 

i don’t have to change my musical tastes?

i don’t have to meditate instead of make haste?

love endures all things?

sure, everything but me

can it be?

open arms are waiting for me?

God is love

means that God is love

not God is love

when i become

whatever cultural religion says i should become

 

God loves me?!

such a concept is dangerous

such a concept could set me free

i don’t have to tow the line

to please the divine?

god transcends

and doesn’t condescend?

because faith without works is dead

as God has said

because God works

it’s one of the perks

of being God

that love does not have to find acceptance

in the definitions of man

love just loves

without being loved

without conditions

 

which means you are loved

 

if God is limited by human approval

then what a pity for us all

but if the creator is responsible

for things

the hubble telescope

has yet to see

 

is there a chance we do not know

everything about God there is to know

that God can transcend

the nature of man to condemn

 

and be what God says God is

God is love

and does not take into account

a wrong suffered

 

love bears all things

believes all things

hopes all things

endures all things

 

God is love

 

should we not see

how wrong we can be

and that God cannot help

but love even me

 

because

 

(wait for it)

 

God is love

 

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