A POEM WHERE GOD IS A PARABLE by Jay Kophy

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The absence of faith is the beginning of death.
What I call flesh is prayer bound to my bones.

All my prayers begin as songs from my bones
and end with blood instead of amen.

How I wish I began every request with amen,
like when I ask God to let doubt pass from me.

Amen. Oh God. let this sea of doubt pass from me,
for I’ve tried walking on water & almost drowned.

In Noah’s ark, a lost name is replaced with drowned.
In Ghana, anyone who drowns is without a name.

What is the value of a life without a name
to those who believe in what they can only see?

To those who believe in what they can only see,
the absence of faith is the beginning of death.

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