Religion


O God,

save me

from religion

and never stop

surprising me.


Closed

The road

was closed.

Maybe construction

or an accident

or a bureaucrat en route.

I sat and waited

with everyone else.

I looked here and there

I caught his eye

then hers.

Sometimes

there's comfort

in waiting

together.

Sometimes

it takes a closed road

to find an opening

in your heart.