In God We Trust

We can only hope
we don't get what
we deserve,
don't reap what we sow,

and pray there's a merciful God
or Goddess up there
taking pity
on people who do
the best they can
and still fuck it up

Someone taking pity
on those of us who know better
and do it anyway,
who have been irreverent
but sincere.
You gotta love our imperfection,
we hope.

We pray to a lesser god,
one who might have been human
in some incarnation,
and finds us more amusing
than annoying,
and who listens to the saints who love us,
to whom we pray,
undeserving but hopeful,
trusting in the unknown
and in our better selves.