How difficult it is to dance with God – 
as bombs fall from the sky 
disseminating destruction 
in faraway lands – 
and as battle-ready men 
push back tantrums 
masked as social justice 
in our streets

What will they think of me – 
these innocent victims 
and 
instigators 
and 
hate-filled, power-hungry fools? 

It matters not – 
really! 

It 
matters 
not! 

My dance with God is ever-present 
and 
all-encompassing – 
leading beyond war, 
destruction, 
tantrums, 
politics – 
even beyond the judgment of
battle-ready men,
innocent victims, 
instigators,
and
hate-filled, power-hungry fools – 
which, by the way, I am all of them, 
except for when
my only motivation 
is 
dancing 
with
God. 

Painting, I Will Praise You, by Signe Flink