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Jun 2013
Do you fear God?
My brother said I shouldn't fear
Something that doesn't exist,
And yet I see him pray from time to time
For good health, for good wealth,
For the girl sitting next to him in English
To notice him.
I don't understand why he could be so bitter
He is alive, he lives a good life
With me, my mother, my father, and dog.
Why should you pray for a good life,
When the way to have a good life
Is just to live?

To answer my own question
Yes I do fear God
Or whomever has power over my fate.
He could shove down a path
Full of darkness and leave me
To breathe heavily
Crawling a midst the depths of the hole
He and I created.
And I know my brother fears Him, or Her, or It.

Because he wouldn't being praying for a good life
If he didn't want his to slip away.
Written by
Kenny H  Oradell, NJ
(Oradell, NJ)   
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   Derek Yohn
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