Please God,

Don't Give Up 

On Me

God is not judgmental,

but his rules have filtered down.

Those of us who have sinned

want a God who understands,

who has lived,

who has loved,

who has suffered,

and doesn't judge.

Please God, 

do not judge me

like a fifties movie.

I’m not an archetype,

I’m a man who weeps

for the beauty born

from a walk in the woods.

A man who no longer hikes

a perfect forest.

A man who remembers

how to love

gift by 

green gift.

7/5/21