the god shaped (w)hole

winter passed so quickly
i forgot that it was night
we keep ourselves so busy
we stop longing for light
can’t eat, sleep or fuck away
this emptiness tonight
need divinity to drive away
the empty blissful plight
the transient and imminent
all i perceived as right
come transcendent, immanent
fill this (w)hole with light

~wwb

About Wayne Bowerman

Wayne is a hopeful, ecumenically minded, pastor and theologian in the Reformed tradition. He is currently looking for a parish to serve in the Reformed Church in America. He is 2007 graduate of Calvin College: BA, Religion and a 2011 graduate of Western Theological Seminary: M.Div. He currently resides in Grand Rapids MI where he spends his days driving to and fro, taking his 5 year old daughter to school, picking her up in the afternoon and in between hanging out with his 3 year old son. In the evenings he moonlights as a cashier for a big-box retail chain. He is life partner to Erin, father to Rena and Liam and friend to many. He is a writer, a poet, a fan of Folk and Indie Rock, Hip Hop and anything written by Graham Greene, Walker Percy or Flannery O'connor.

Posted on 17, April 2010, in Poetry and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.

  1. “can’t eat, sleep or fuck away
    this emptiness tonight”

    amazing bluntness. i’m impressed

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