Dear God

Dear God

Dear God,

As you know, I've never really prayed much

And probably won't start anytime soon.

I have wondered all my life

If you exist

And to this day

I still don't know with any great certainty

That you do or don't.

But fifty years and a few long, long roads

Have taught me one thing for sure

If you don't exist, you should.

And as the days roll on by

Both reason and emotion

Raise further for me

The likelihood that you do.

Just in case you do exist

I'd like to say

Thank you very much

For my life

And for the lives

Of my lady and our kids

I suspect all the religions

Are right about one notion---

Not even the smallest sparrow

Spreads a wing in joy or sorrow

Without you knowing.

And I'll tell you one more thing,

You certainly evolved

A whole lots of things extremely well

But I especially like

Those dogs and cats.

Dewey Dirks