Can I wake you, Lord?
I can’t sleep.
my head keeps thinking too hard
of everything. Just everything.
I wonder too many things;
Your face-
is it big?
Are you really a man?
Where’s the end of the earth,
and did you really do it all
without any help?
I must admit, I find it rather brilliant,
the perfect order of the universe. No slip-ups.
Good. Good for you.
Why did you make me
and why this place in time?
What did you expect me to do
with heart broken and the world a mash?
Where are you when things tumble
and money is not enough?
War. How about THAT?
I don't see its purpose.
Let me know so I can help someone.
Honestly help. Really.
If there is only ONE of you,
how do we explain Jesus,
How'd you do all that and
Where does Muhammed fit in?
Why did you make me second in the family?
My hair is falling out, and I don’t
like who I’m becoming.
My brothers look better than I do.
why that father...and Mother?
Did you think I couldn’t look elsewhere
when they neglected my need?
Are you in the bathroom when I
am not feeling well?
How much of you is medicine
and why do I take something to
feel better if you’re so wonderful?
I asked. Now you answer
please-
Are you real,
Alive?
Hello. Hello?
Love you.
Author notes
Recently found in the Northern sphere from NASA, this image, whether it is a physical appearance or NOT of God, the size is fitting. But now look closely! There's everything from the hollow indention to the retina and right down to the pupil image! Awesome.
Written May 18th, 2004
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Great poem!
Ilove the image-the eye of God and your poem. The conversational tone nicely depicts prayer as talking to God. Some humorous lines, like your brothers look better than you do. lol.
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wow. everyone has questions that they would like to ask god and if we are lucky enough he might answer them one day, but for now all we can do is wait and wonder. fabulous poem, I thought it was great! the image does look alot like an eye actually.. it looks like a blue eye.. but how can we really know if it is gods.. no one knows what he looks like or anything.. some people believe in him and some people don't and that's just the way the world works. very well written poem, keep writing
xShad
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Great Write!
I have so many questions such as these...I want so bad to believe in God...anyway this was awesome. I loved it...
Why did you make me
and why this place in time?
What did you expect me to do
with heart broken and the world a mash?
Kari
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Regarding the Trinity, it is mostly implied, but of course I believe Jesus was, is, and always will be God, or the seed would have been of earthly conception. I DO have a very dear friend who believes as you do, but I make no debate as that would inflame argument. Bless you.
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Very good! On the Q-T. I was being a megaphone for those who don't know Him, and also those who are just being 'human'. Yes. I am a minister of the Lord, Jesus Christ and am called to the evangelistic slant. It was to show others that we all think on those things now and then.
Thank you for sharing your faith with me! We are, indeed,..lol...brethren!
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I don't ask any of these questions myself... My hope is that some day you won't feel you need to ask them any more because you feel God is close and have an understanding of who He is and His plan for your life. That day will be amazing! I hope you find all you are longing for very soon - all that is needed to satisfy your soul is here - and you are on your journey to find it.
BLESS YOU on any Spiritual journey you under-take.
I have not always believed in God and have had a rough childhood and teen years but still i have no outstanding questions for God like Why this? Why that? I know that right now He has Let everything happen to bring me exactly where I am spiritually today, and I trust He will continue to Be with me on my way through life, helpign me to learn from whatever comes. I feel so thankful each day for how everyday things seem to line up so perfectly towards His plan for my life. Its exciting.
It feels like this poem is saying you don't feel any reason to believe ~ I went through most of my life with no reason to believe, but even when things go down-hill now, I still Praise God because He is still with me, and He has a plan behind it all.
About explaining Jesus, I have asked this and now I know that the Bible says so many times that God is ONE, Jesus claims to be God so many times, and the 'Trinity' is never mentioned ~ it is Man's creation... So Jesus is a part of God which revealed Himself and came to live in a sinful society, and pay for the sins of His own children Himself. If you have any questions about your own content and why i dont ask that question... Just ask! I'd love to share! BLESS YOU. Cheri -
I'm glad i found this - that picture is awesome, and still a testament to his beauty whether it is him or not!
I think everyones asked these questions before... and as was said above it is fine to doubt... Doubting tends to strengthen faith...or it has done in my experience.
The innocence and reverence in the first line is awesome.. I sense fear and curiosity moulded together... just as faith should be... keeping the balance between God as an all powerful all knowing creator, and God as the friend who longs to interact with us!!
Thanks and God bless!!
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Hi,
I am glad to have come across your poetry, and this was a good point to begin with. The poem's essence, for me, lies in the honesty of questions, reflected in their simplicity and straightforwardness. I have had a dubious faith as yours, with some similar and some different conflicts and doubts. Yet, when it comes to testing times, when things go beyond our control, we can only but seek refuge in a higher faith. And when that is faith is strengthened by response, then one begins to say "Well, I may not really be able to rationalize everything, but there are definitely things which I can experience, even before I gather an understanding of them."
Love and regards,
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Thank you...and i'm pleased that you noticed that! Good for you. In this case, however, I don't use the ? mark often on purpose. I hate using it at all...lol. I think it's annoying and tricks the eye. It cartoons a flowing work, and so I just sparingly use it to make it look as if it is a continued question.
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Your poem is show touching....it makes me wonder about things like you said. I like your format like a prayer. I feel more comforted now because I always thought that I wake up and think about those things. It is wonderful. I am new to this poetry thing but in some questions you use a comma instead of a question mark....I think that is for the flow but if not double-check. But that is not necessary because your poem is splendid already.
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Hi there. I'm sorry you endure so much pain! Quite honestly, this poem was written through the many hearts of others, including Christians who have to show good testimony, but in all honesty have questions such as those posed here. It was not meant to give a frail and dubious faith that I have; indeed, the opposite.
I also use my poetry as ministering to those who DO have doubts and questions about an all-loving God, by sharing those curiosities that we all have, instead of making ourselves look unreal, or hypnotized to something that they can't touch yet.
Hopefully, I explained it better, now
Thank you for reading with such an honest approach!
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Man, sounds like you really don't believe in the Lord. I have asked myself and I have asked him so many times, nights after nights, Why he has made me the way he did. He brought me to this earth to have this disease that I was born with, NF, also he has it where people will make fun of me, call me names, talk mean about me cause of the way I look. I get tumors, I am always having surgery's done. I am sick of it. I know how you feel you though, to feel so un-wanted and feel like you're nothing. I have been down that road, and I have been up that road. And now I am going to be going back down that road once again, Because with this disease that Lord has choose me to have, I am dying from. And I have a little girl to watch grow, I have husband to spend longer with. I have always told him though, I was going to go before him. Well this Spiritual poem was written very well, and I guess you also have many of them...
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AWESOME!
*shivers* our God is an awesome God, and this is an awesome piece! that pic--have never seen that before. WOW! and your words are piercing, open and honest; a true masterwork you've penned. may i join you when the next time you wake God? WOW!!!!! BRAVA!
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This is an excellent piece which perfectly captures the bewilderment many of us feel in regards to a higher power (ie God). I see from both your author page and your writings that you are indeed a spiritual person; and I envy you I must say. I will freely admit that I am too blinded by cynicism and world-weariness to put faith in God, something I long to change but can't. My family aren't deeply religious either-like alot of people, when they want something they pray...Anyway, I just wanted to say that I greatly enjpyed this piece-as always, your writing is a joy to read
nobodysees x
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The picture does appear to be an "all seeing eye", extraordinary! Your poem is filled with questions that I suppose we all ask or have asked, from time to time. The innocence of the poem is so enthralling. I can remember asking; "where's the end of the earth?" The answers to all of these questions are spewn into the atmosphere, and when the time is right they fall into each heart with understanding, and a new vision. This poem is very divine. It has been my pleasure to read and enjoy.
Renee
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Beautiful
Good job! I really enjoyed this one. I love poems about God. You wrote a beautiful poem. -
I really enjoyed this.
Today, I visited a 40 year old lady friend of mine who helped carved the first steps of my Christian walk. She has brain cancer now and they're giving her 2 months to live.
And she said, "I know that he's one step ahead of me... But Corey... I just don't understand... Why do I still have this?
The Holy Spirit gave me 2 verses. One reminding us that his ways are higher than our ways and his thoughts higher than our thoughts... Another, something we tend to read over without meditating on.
I personally believe that Jesus could bear the physical pain of the cross. I believe he could bear the emotional pain... But when his father had to turn his back, he asked a question that even we can relate to.
"Why have you forsaken me". Sound familiar? We are not the only ones on this earth that say why. Even when we know that God has it all planned out. Even Jesus asked though he knew it was in his father's hand. Amazing thought eh?
So I told her, the most humble and strong Christian lady I personally know. Maybe Jesus was also saying something here? It's ok to wonder why. As long as we know and believe that it's all in our Lord's hands!
Love through Christ,
(Continue blessing us, you painted such a beautiful picture here!)
"His love endures forever"
Claide -
Well Ms. Cookie,
I have often thought of these same thoughts.... of war, my existance, why my parents, why my life, why now... there are a lot of whys.. but no answers really.
I really liked this. This easter, at church, they did a little skit, about why things happen, there was this woman, telling her life story, asking God, why her dad abused her and why her son was hit by a car... and asking if he really cared. Then the pastor got up and he said the point of that skit was to show us that it is okay to doubt. People who dont believe and refuse to consider the possibility of a higher being, their minds are closed. But for someone to doubt, they havent written God off... but they are questioning his existance, which is ok. He said doubt means you have a double, you could go either way, but it means that you have a want, or a curiousness to know, what is true...
Did that make sense? I dont know if I explained it well... but I attempted to.
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Brilliant stuff and I came here to take up your offer.A while ago you had commented on "my faith" and promised to tell me where to look.I have a lot of questions and unfortunatley only questions.lol.You I know have the answers as well.Not all of them perhaps but some important ones if depite the questions the faith still stands firm.Best wishes.
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Go ahead...preach! Ha! I share your joy and faith. This was written in the honesty of someone who either hasn't accepted the divine sacrifice as sufficient to eternity and this life OR in our own hearts when we are lonely or in the middle of a crisis....and as Emeril would say...
' Hey! You know who you are'!
Thank you for your read, commentary, and rating of this head prayer! Warmly , CookieZeal/DB -
First of all the picture is totally awesome.
I think, because we are human and full of wonderment; we all have asked these questions or some like them. As we grow in the Lord, we realize, or at least I did, that we don't need the answers. We just need to believe and have faith. Sometimes these questions are put in our heads to confuse us and take away our joy.
Although I am happy in the Lord, I am not always happy. I let my worries and insecurities take over and fall a bit...but never is my joy in the Lord absent.
I made the decision to follow Jesus and through Him I have been lifted and gifted by Gods presence.
You did a wonderful job with this.
We all need to remember that Gods Son knew Him and suffered more than anyone or anything. Although it was hard, Jesus always walked with Him and faltered not. I don't mean to sound preachy...
I really enjoyed it all. I once "wondered", but now I just ...believe.
Sam
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I know..the photo grabbed me. And regarding the words...
That is the purpose of this poem. It is an 'on-the-spot' random thought/question to the God that we all wonder about in the middle of a sleepless night or whenever we hurt or don't understand this planet's tactics. This God...the one we doubt, but the one we HOPE IN!!!
I know Him personally, but I also STILL wonder why I'm not all bubbly all the time; why it hurts to Know him sometimes.....why it's hard to walk with Him
thank you for this read and response! Warmly, CookieZeal -
Astounding.
Hey, thats an awesome photo... Ya know, that would be really awesome if that WAS the eye of God, ... don't ya think?
Back to the poem though, I have found that some nights, when I try to talk to God, in hopes that I'm actually being listened to by 'someone', I will ask all kinds of big questions... some of them usually dealing w/ whatever is on my mind at that moment though. Good write. -
Great poem. I'm running a contest this poem would fit perfectly in. I really like how you've done this piece, it touched a little part of my heart. It sounds straight from the heart. Awesome. God Bless!
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I like the naive voice of this poem. These are definitely questions people ask God all the time. I used to question Him, and then I came up with my own belief system (too long to explain). But I couldn't help from slightly nodding my head as I read. This is like a monologue--should definitely be performed on stage (simple lighting). Anyway, this is wonderful because its something everyone who's ever heard of God and His awesome power can relate to.
-Josie
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