i used to speak to god
but i dressed him
in a poet’s skin
covered his wisdom
with golden strands
of untold stories.
i imagined i was the story
teller, running my fingers
through his hair to unearth
images i couldn’t paint
(mining precious minerals
to construct divine metaphors)
then a nightingale sang
and stained a rose red
in the tree of my lungs,
but when i went to speak
the petals got stuck in my throat
i lived in silence for years.
i used to speak to god
but i dressed her in a wise
woman’s cloak. i studied
her heavenly eyes
and glimpsed my reflection
in a tranquil pool of stillness.
i imagined i was her apprentice
training for some future sermon,
bending my voice toward
the sound of service.
i lived with the anxiety of my expectations for years.
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