Petitioning

an ae freilighe

The gods may grant petitions
to endless years of prayer;
not lay too strict conditions;
in that granting, be fair;

but it is not sedition
to think them often cruel,
seeing naught but perdition
in their lessons and schools.

Think of it as remission,
when one's blessings, like disease,
or shadows of suspicion,
do not fulfill, but tease.

13 OCT 2005