Indie Scribe Magazine March 2015 | Page 45

Give up now, I want to say

If there is a God

he’s not listening

If there was a God

he would have noticed

your unwavering belief

your unswerving faith

MY OWN GOD

You hung your life

on those twin hooks

held on to them

to get you through

the toughest of times

Steadfast in your conviction

you always said,

“without prayer,

it could have been much worse”

Maybe it’s why I pray too

when I feel I can’t go on anymore

A cry to unseen forces for help

A plea for a shoulder to share the burden

No divine help arrives

but the very act of asking

seems to lighten the load

until I find the courage within

to shoulder the heft

Perhaps I am my own God