it is indifference
Nature is not cruel she is indifferent
She looks upon the screams of young gazelles
and the roars of lions with equinimity
because she knows that in time
the apex predator will fall
unto the ground to feed
the hungry worms that wait
So I do not pray to nature
to intercede on my fate
I pray to God, God is Love
And I never ask for an explanation
why an all knowing, all powerful being
should place me ahead of all creation
and break his rules, just for me
I need to believe in Love
but all God's children must eat
and I favor meat and potatoes with gravy
Love is blind, for that I am grateful
as I close my eyes to say grace over my full plate
God never says too much, and never once to me
after all, who am I but a humble man who works the dirt
Pagans dance their way to hell
I tell myself as I turn out the light
and go to bed. Worship your fearful Dieties,
they will not save you from the night
that awaits us all, or come at your bidding
I need only call out his name and I will be saved
because I believe, I have faith.
But in the darkness between prayers and sleep
there is only silence, and a dread of what comes next
The dark moments before my dreams
where nothing is as it seems
ahead lay only lions and worms.
