IF MY GOD IS AFRAID

If my God is afraid of me

when sin is crawling up my thighs

insolently climbing upwards

and I’m capable of doing things

that my mind is otherwise unaware of

then he is not my God

but some nocturnal apparition

which sometimes looks

completely real

just like you do when I invent you

and give you the name of his son

would you like to climb down

the steps of the Fall with me

or are you afraid just like my God was

when he created the woman he didn’t foresee

he was giving her more freedom

than she deserves

let’s lift the curtain

that covers Adam’s nakedness

God keeps his secrets but not for long

you and I just might succeed

in overcoming his obstinacy

and he in a moment of absent-mindedness

decide to make confession to us

having seen our little spectacle

in that bed he has no access to

Translated by Hristo Dimitrov / Edited by Tom Edward Phillip