A Guide to Finding God

People tend to find God in the mountains

or the desert, somewhere unsheltered

by the infrastructure of the city –

Search for God in a city, you come back

with shopping bags and pizza;

search for God in the wilderness, you find God

because there is nothing else to find –

You carry God back in your camping lantern,

but, like a jar of fireflies, the spark

typically dies on the drive home.

You pack that dusty jar of exoskeletons

in the garage, the attic, perhaps the basement

somewhere alongside other boxed relics

unearthed only for special occasions.

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From The Sunday Muse #184

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Written for The Sunday Muse #184 and Twiglets #251