poor in spirit

poor in spirit

“you’ re  lost!

  you’ ve lost—

god’ s  plan for you!”

the wail of a banshee wakes me in my sleep

is it biblical?

if the weather’s as temporary as they say

why force the sun through my silver-lined clouds?

if god made the moon

why disapprove of moonshine?

day and night they pray

frantic with fright for my misplaced

soul

frantic, they force upon me

scriptures i've already read

never once do they tell me :

“yours is the kingdom of heaven”