Louisville Process Theology Network

Believe in Us

TO  THE  GODS

 

 

When did you stop

telling us what we could believe

 

when did you take that one step

only one

above

all that

 

as once you stepped

out of each of the stories

about you one after the other

and out of whatever

we imagined we knew

of you

 

who were the light

to begin with

and all of the darkness

at the same time

and the voice in them

calling crying

and the enormous answer

neither coming nor going

but too fast to hear

 

you let us believe

the names for you

whenever we heard them

you let us believe the stories

how death came to be

how the light happened

how the beginning began

you let us believe

all that

 

then you let us believe

that we have invented you

and that we no longer

believe in you

and that you were only stories

that we did not believe

 

you with no

moment for beginning

no place to end

one step above

all that

 

listen to us

wait

believe in us

 

 

By  W.S. Merwin