GOD'S PLAN

GOD’S PLAN




I CAME HOME
ONE NIGHT
LATE FROM WORK
TO FIND ONE OF MY CHILDREN
WHO WAS AFRAID OF THE DARK
AND THE MONSTER UNDER THE BED
NOT WANTING TO GO TO SLEEP
AND CRYING

I HADN’T BEEN HOME
TO GO THROUGH THE RITUAL
OF EXORCISING
THE DEMON
AND THE GOODNIGHT KISS

AFTER WHICH HE WENT RIGHT TO SLEEP

I HAD NO MAGIC POWERS
EXCEPT THE TITLE OF PARENT
AND PARENTS
CAN WINDUP TOYS
REPLACE BATTERIES
FLY KITES
BAIT HOOKS
MEND BROKEN HEARTS
AND SCRAPPED KNEES

THERE WAS A BOAT
IN THE MIDST
OF A TURBULENT SEA
THE SAILORS WERE AFRAID
OF BEING SWAMPED



SO THEY WENT TO JESUS
ASLEEP
ON A PILLOW
IN THE REAR OF THE BOAT
AND LIKE CHILDREN
AFRAID OF THE DARK
CRIED
ABBA
FATHER
FIX THE WEATHER

THE SERMON USUALLY PREACHED
ON THIS STORY
IS THAT JESUS
WILL TAKE CARE OF US

I AM REMINDED
OF THE JEW
ON THE WAY TO THE CHAMBER
TELLING HIS CHILDREN
IT WILL BE ALRIGHT
A HOT SHOWER
A WARM MEAL

DID GOD FAIL THEM

OR THE HUNGRY
THROUGH OUT THE WORLD
IS GOD FAILING THEM

OR IS IT WE
WHO ARE THWARTING
GOD’S PLAN

DO NOT THE NEEDS
OF THE POOR
AND UNDERCLASS
HAVE PRIORITY
OVER THE WANTS
OF THE RICH
AND PRIVILEGED





ARE WE NOT TASKED
BY GOD’S PLAN
TO WORK FOR A WORLD
WHERE A MAN’S GREATEST WORRY
IS CHASING DEMONS
FROM UNDER THE BED


FRANK A VOLLMER