When I
failed to define what God is, I decided to define what God isn’t.
Like a sculptor
I had to chip away at the hard stubborn marble,
so rigid with
endless years of untouchable, unquestionable divinity
hardened by eternities
of terror, judgment and watchful scrutiny,
so determined
was he to sniff out pitiful blasphemy.
I carved the
cold dismal stone; God isn’t cold, God isn’t violent
God isn’t
rigid, God isn’t austere, God isn’t deceitful,
God isn’t
dishonest, God isn’t insecure, God isn’t insensitive
God isn’t opportunistic,
God isn’t manipulative, God isn’t distant,
God isn’t cowardice,
God isn’t misogynistic, God isn’t righteous,
God isn’t
egoistic, God isn’t proud, God isn’t demeaning,
God isn’t
male.
