Saw your name on a bathroom wallโฆ misspelled. Half crossed out. Some kid wrote โGod is tiredโโฆ then bailed on the doubt. Incense dust on a thrift-store coatโฆ Pews stacked in a storage room. Priest turned the mic off earlyโฆ saidโฆ โPray you make it through June.โ Is God deadโฆ OR JUST ASLEEP?! Are we talking to a ceilingโฆ hoping plaster starts to BLEED?! I keep humming through my teethโฆ like a broken little creedโฆ If youโre up thereโฆ SAY IT STRAIGHTโฆ or just admitโฆ you had to LEAVE. Gospel channel on the kitchen radioโฆ fades into late-night newsโฆ Saints and senators tradingโฆ different ways to excuseโฆ My friend says faith is a feverโฆ burns out or burns you cleanโฆ I sip black coffeeโฆ bitterโฆ watch steam make ghosts I canโt keepโฆ Is God deadโฆ OR JUST ASLEEP?! Are we talking to a ceilingโฆ hoping plaster starts to BLEED?! I keep humming through my teethโฆ like a broken little creedโฆ If youโre up thereโฆ SAY IT STRAIGHTโฆ or just admitโฆ you had to LEAVE. Every book spine crackedโฆ every page underlinedโฆ He wrote โWe killed what we neededโโฆ in the margin besideโฆ I donโt want a throneโฆ I donโt need a signโฆ Just a voice in the static sayingโฆ โKidโฆ youโre alive.โ IS GOD DEADโฆ OR JUST ASLEEP?! ARE WE TALKING TO A CEILINGโฆ OR TO SOMETHING WE CANโT SEE?! I KEEP HUMMING THROUGH MY TEETHโฆ THIS CROOKED LITTLE CREED! IF YOUโRE OUT THEREโฆ SAY IT PLAINโฆ OR LET THE SILENCEโฆ set me free.
