Psalm For My Faith
By Jack Agüeros
Lord, it’s not true
That my faith is cooling.
It’s just that people
Are saying that candle smoke
Has caused cancer in church mice.
And I also worry that candle light
Is too weak to reach your cloud.
Do I need a hydrogen candle?
Are the Angels into lasers?
Lord, as I think about it,
Lately I haven’t had much to thank you for.
Are you on vacation?
Copyright Credit: Jack Agueros, "Psalm For My Faith" from Correspondence Between The Stonehaulers. Copyright © 1991 by Jack Agueros. Reprinted by permission of Hanging Loose Press.