Masterpiece

The painting of God and Adam that you really liked

Showed them reaching toward one another but still

Apart

I hate that painting and I told you that

It looks like God let go of someone he

Loved

And to me it didn't look like he

Was trying to get him

Back

God looks mean and has a lot of friends who don't pay attention

Adam has helplessness in his

Eyes

I stare at that painting for hours, identifying with it

Adam and I, we're both reaching for someone who is already

Gone

They didn't read Scripture at your funeral

They said it wasn't appropriate because of how things

Ended

And I wanted God there because

You went to church even though I did not

Always

You said God forgives and includes, always

Your church said some exclusions apply, like

You

I only know what I believe, and I believe that

God was in your smile, not in church, like they

Swore

I tried going a few Sundays

Look and ye shall always find him there! they

Sang

But I never found him there. Just judgement.

I found him when I was with

You

And I think that

What we had was a

Masterpiece

Which is something that God

Wants all of us to

Have