~ask Him~ Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

~ask Him~



Something 'supernatural' happens.
Unexplained yet too eventful.
Those faithful and stay that way...
With a curiosity to explore and adventure,
To do unafraid to unlock those traps...
Set to prevent the mind from escaping from limits,
Are not shocked to find at all...
Their dreams wished to witness.
With a having them come true and not left distanced.

~Ask Him~

Something 'supernatural happens.
A doing done achieves what is received.
With a change that occurs.
Felt and to be believed.

~Ask Him~

Too many have left themselves unprotected,
By a going through of motions often misunderstood...
Although to accept,
A devotion to fake faith and it done to keep trusted.
Yet fear many do to take those steps to test,
What it is they worship on the surface.
But heartfelt there is no feeling that expresses depth.
To remain they do,
Suspicious of a spoken truth.
A truth they refuse to accept.

~Ask Him~

Something 'supernatural happens.
A doing done achieves what is received.
With a change that occurs.
Felt and to be believed.

~Ask Him~

Something 'supernatural' happens,
When a feeling felt so strong is not distracted...
By those faking faith and in it trusted,
For purposes to delude the power of truth.
To find the ones who do choose to obey,
Foolish for wanting their lives to live...
Without conforming to become indoctrinated,
To quote from worshipped scriptures...
But not comprehend any of them to apply meaning,
That provides understood benefits...
To assure an assistance to their existence.

'What would God say...
If He knew you thought that way and did this.
Since the God I 'know'...
Isn't into 'supernatural' happenings.
What do you 'think' God would do and say to you? '

~You tell me.
You say you talk to Him all the time.
And you are 'highly favored'.
Ask Him.
You claim a closeness.
I need not to make those...'claims',
To know what I have witnessed to remain...
Faithful.~

Ask Him.
I am not the one in doubt who questions,
That which I have witnessed yet can not explain.

~Ask Him~

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Prabir Gayen 25 January 2019

Really beautiful poem....thanks ❤

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Helen Vann 02 June 2014

Thank you for replying to me privately, Lawrence S. Pertillar. Peace to you, also. Please forgive the multi-posts of the same comment. I tried to delete them but I could not. You are spot-on writing how many of us have experienced such questioning in life... though sometimes only a brave poet might be the one to admit it as artfully as you have with this poem. Cheers!

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Helen Vann 01 June 2014

I love the subtle offbeat rhyme gently challenging thoughts ~Ask Him~ questioning faith, perhaps paternal faith... while attempting to believe, and believing in the faith we have. This line: A devotion to fake faith and it done to keep trusted made me think of how so many, at times even myself, claim faith in order to have credibility, as if such credibility gives us our worth in society. Not many believe we fake faith, and yet it has happened far more times than many of us would admit, even as tangible, real miracles of faith have... and do happen. Lovely, thought-provoking poem. Thank you for sharing.

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