If God spoke plainly No thunder, no veil Just one clean sentence And a world gone still We say we want it Clear as day No parables left No softer way No room for maybe No space to bend Just heaven opening And naming the end But look at us Built out of dodge Half asking for light Half loving the fog We want the answer Until it arrives Then all our little shelters Go up alive What if the silence Isn’t the wound What if the silence Is what lets us choose If God spoke plainly Would we survive it Would love stay love Or just become compliance If God spoke plainly Would wonder die Would every open hand Turn to a closed mind Maybe the mercy Is not knowing why Maybe the kindest thing Was leaving room for sky We say send fire We say send proof We say cut through And show us truth But truth in full No human blur Would strip the saint And strip the slur No favorite lie No sacred spin No private loophole To hide within No “I meant well” No “I was young” No mask left breathing After the tongue What if the distance Is part of the grace What if the silence Is keeping us from ruin If God spoke plainly Would we survive it Would love stay love Or just become compliance If God spoke plainly Would wonder die Would every open hand Turn to a closed mind Maybe the mercy Is not knowing why Maybe the kindest thing Was leaving room for sky Maybe the veil Is not neglect Maybe the ache Is what keeps us honest Maybe the unanswered Isn’t empty air Maybe it’s the only reason Choice is still there And if the voice came down Clean, final, bright Would we become holy Or just terrified No veil No blur No prayer Just proof No ache No search No faith Just truth If God spoke plainly Would we survive it Would love stay love Or just become compliance If God spoke plainly Would wonder die Would every open hand Turn to a closed mind Maybe the mercy Was never the sign Maybe the silence Was mercy the whole time If God spoke plainly Who would we be If nothing was hidden And nothing left free
