The Highest Peak

I am done

being a leaf

in the wind

drifting on

my fixed path

powerless

to change my fate

 

it’s as though

God is a child

and I am an insect

stuck in his trap

trying to climb out

only for him

to shake the bowl

each time I near

the edge

 

too tired

to find wisdom

in this mad world

I found myself

in a raging storm

scaling the tallest peak

amidst lightning and rain

resolved to stare at God

in the eyes

and tell him

to stop playing

with his food

and strike me