Long Distance Runners Away From God Poem by Chuy Amante

may their feet be painfree
may their prescription for bi-focals be correct
may they bask in ubiquitous creative wonder
and god's mathematical magic not reject

a cosmic fart with no purpose, who cares?

hold a baby
smell a flower
make love to your partner
read the planets and their order
swim in the ocean
stand on top of a sunny peak
look under a microscope

look into the heavens with a telescope
Keep your hearts and eyes wide open,
there still is a LIVING hope!