God be with me
in the nervous pounding of my heart
in the shortness of breath
which I don’t really mind so much--
courage is a cardiopulmonary exercise after all
God be with me
in the difficult conversation ahead
in the admission I must make
that injustice is still a very nerve-wracking matter
no matter how much you talk about it
but my complicity within it
is a terrifying one
God be with me
Let me speak nothing but the truth
For I don’t think my brother from the margin is very interested in hearing about things I don’t really know about
and other speculations prompted by my ethnic guilt
He grants me audience that I’m not sure I deserve
Thank you God
that there is still
he and I
both of us who we are
where we are
and all that makes us
still
after all that
somehow able to speak to one another
God be with me now in the hearing
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