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Unknowable

God is unknowable 
but here’s what I know:
God yearns to be known 

God is sitting alone in the schoolyard 
wearing black and listening to death metal
God’s not sure why
it sounds like a prayer 

God is writing a poem
about us and isn’t sure
what’s missing
God is writing a letter
but can’t find an ending 

God is refreshing God’s Twitter feed
God is liking posts on Instagram
God has 6 million unread emails
God’s connection is unstable

God is stuck in traffic 
God is in the hospital waiting room
God is singing at a campfire
God is pulling an all-nighter
in the university library
God is sighing, buying fruit
in the grocery store –
even organic doesn’t taste
like the Garden

God is grieving
God’s own inability
to heal all who need healing
God is trying to remember
that when someone is suffering
God’s Presence is enough
No one wants to be
alone in the end
not even God
God is asking
for our forgiveness
on Yom Kippur

God’s not sure if God
believes in us but can’t
stop searching for us anyhow
It’s the world’s longest game
of Marco Polo 

“Can you hear Me now?” God asks
“Did you call My name?
Or was it only the echo
of My own voice?” 

Maybe we are God’s echoes
Maybe God is inside each of us
Maybe we are inside of God 

Maybe God is unknowable
but there’s one thing I know:
God yearns to be known

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