If your god is relegated to conscience that little voice in your head trained to speak at the wave of your experience
your god is too small for me
If your god is only a projection of the distant father in your living room who abused and neglected you when a father was more important than food or shelter
your god is too small for me
If your god failed you by not doing what you thought he ought. If your god is designed for your convenience a prop for your comfort
your god is too small for me
If your god is a white-haired old man who is more old fashioned than old-age If your god is historically respected but defective in your current complexity
your god is too small for me
If your god is less meek and more mild piled with placid temperament un inspired un moved un intentional
If your god’s emotional capacity for compassion is less than yours
your god is too small for me
If your god calls you to comfort safe for the whole family always “come unto me” but never “go out in my name”
your god is too small for me
If your god has never flushed your face and stolen your words with waves of open ocean or mountains that mouse your vocabulary
If your god does not leave you in awe of amazing grace so unbalanced you clamber to conceive it
your god is too small for me
If your god abides by your contracts a pact to protect your formulas a god who upholds your cold contingencies
If your god only works through the cogs of machinery you have manufactured for a factory of formulas to faith
your god is too small for me
If your god is white, middle-class, republican if your god is Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, or Catholic Pentecostal, Lutheran, or non-demonational
your god is too small for me
If your God created you in his image and you returned the favor
your god is too small for me
Whatever god it is you know so much about to comprehend or contain is too small for me
Because
My God
is too big for you
My God is not contained in bullet-points pressed on a page by those arrogant enough to think they could grasp Him.
My God is too big for you
If you are searching for a god small enough to see, tiny enough to taste or touch with trust displaced
If your soul is not sandbagged or beautifully nagged by a God who won’t stop calling your name
my God is too big for you
If you do not praise your god for poetry, music, and art a baby’s smile or a full coffee-cart; for brazen horizons and seas a resounding storm or tender breeze
If your god does not leave you in love with beauty that makes your soul scream, “THIS is what life should be”
my God is too big for you
If you are searching for a god you can wrangle like a mustang with a rope made of frayed twine and managed reason
If you need a being who will obey your beckon to submit to your five senses and incomprehensive pretenses
then this poem is too big for you
my God is too big for you
