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Hello God, are you there?
I’ve been searching for you everywhere.
Starting out in my mother’s womb 
Not very long ago,
When my life was barely beginning 
Before I began to know…

Anything about you 
And this world I was headed toward.   
I was looking for you even then,
Perhaps so even more.

More than when I finally arrived,
The apple of my parents’ eyes
Crawling ‘round the grass and grounds
You placed down here for me,
When all I knew was sky is blue 
And love was wild and free.

And as I grew tall and learned to run
I looked for you in shade and sun.
In churches, bibles, liturgies 
And things I could and could not see
Like ocean waves and winds that scatter,
Poetry, symmetry and thoughts that matter.

And this idea of independence
And freedom from tyranny,
The pursuit of happiness, truth and justice 
And the bounties that they bring. 

And other things we take for granted 
Like cats, dogs, frogs and birds,
Rivers flowing, flowers growing
And every song and kind of music played and heard.      

While I never gave up and never let down 
My search for You through cities and towns.
From tiny islands in the old gulf stream
To highlands and by lands 
From Mount Olympus to New Orleans.

And continued my search with purpose and worth 
In libraries filled with books
Of countless pages throughout the ages 
How others thought you might look.

And if you are real, you know how I feel
About the majesty of Your creation.
Planets, stars and the universe writ large,
Consciousness, curiosity and causation.

From the first thinking man who was able to plan
His future among all things,
While looking for You just as I do 
In places where he once lived and dreamed…    

Down in the bogs and bayous 
Where cypress trees grow tall,
And on the moon and Mars and in honky-tonk bars 
And leaves turning colors in the fall. 

And in the hearts and minds of others  
And the catchlight in their eyes,
Hoping I might find you there,
In their laughter and their hope-filled cries.   

Even now I’m still seeking and wondering
If you can hear my plea within,        
I pray dear God if we’re not at odds: 
Will I find You in the end?    

© Terrell Martin, 01/29/2025
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