LETTER TO GOD

I know!
Not to question You
That I've been told from birth

I know!
Never to question Your existence
Even though I've never seen your backlight

I know!
I'm supposed to thank You
In situations, good or bad

I know!
To pray without ceasing
Whether You answer or not

I also know
Many use Your name
Their fellow humans to harm

I don't know
Whether not to ask
And keep praying even when You ignore

I don't know
Whether "pray for leaders" is still valid
Since they are now kleptomanic charlatans

I don't know
The route to Your abode
Since prayers seem to be missing their way too

I don't know
Which altar to use anymore
Since most are flowing with innocent blood

I don't know
What I know anymore
Cause truths about You're so conflicting and divergent

I don't know
Whether You lost Your voice
That such a throng of schemers now speak for You

I don't know
Whether You lost Your sight
That murderers now parade themselves as Your warriors

I don't know
Whether You still hear
The atrocities committed in Your name

I know
One thing though
My faith in You'll never falter cause it's all that keeps my sanity

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