God Is Asleep Poem by RIC BASTASA

even God
needs time to sleep
spare Him this
Time with your
praise
i think he is fed-up
with all the praises
and invocations
and prayers for peace
and progress
and other prayers for
self-interest
Let us try a little bit
altruistic not
Disturbing Him
in his rest today
I think
he likes us better
on ourselves
independent of his
kindness
where we are kind
because we are
not because He is
I guess
we can write poetry
without
including his
originality
His poetic greatness
is above
board this time
we try on our
own
be glad for
He loves this
quest
on our own hands
on our own feet
with our own
heart as guide.