In God, In Us

He is all-knowing and soft
He wonders why we think he wonders
He hears beyond our prayers
He sees hearts for what they really are
He wants us all together in the end
He is al- knowing and soft

I pretend he isn’t watching sometimes
I feel the tug in my heart
I touch the bible when praying like it matters
I worry I’m too scarlet to be cleaned
I cry because I know he can clean me
I am a pencil and his child.

I understand his love slices accumulated sin
I say I’m not worthy of this
I dream of his hands stroking my hair
I try to phantom the air in heaven
I hope I find my mother and father there
I am a pencil and his child

LARDO