Where is God?

We are a world divided

Religion, race, gender, sexuality—

We fight just to fight

All the while, people die in the streets

Deprived of health and hearth

As gas prices rise higher and higher

And who can afford eggs?

There is no justice in any of this

And certainly there is no God—

Where is God?

Where has He gone?

Why would He let His favorites, His chosen

To suffer so unfairly in His absence?

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Perhaps He is among the stars

Perhaps He is with the aliens

Out there in the universe

After all, they are His children, too—

They suffer from war and famine

They are divided and downtrodden just as we are

They need Him just as we do

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Perhaps, perhaps

They are His pets

Incapable of surviving without Him

And we are His self-reliant children

Left to care for ourselves and each other

Without His constant interference

Without His constant answering of prayers

Without His constant guiding hand

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Perhaps, perhaps

We are meant to survive on our own

To lift ourselves and each other

To make this life our Heaven

So that He may look down on Earth

And be proud of what we can do

Without His constant presence

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So perhaps He is not here

Perhaps He is not among us

But look up at the stars and remember

The power to make life better

Is within each of us