Psalm For My Faith

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.