I found God

I found God in my bedroom

He told me that Heaven is

Right here, that God is

Right here, in every soul

I meet, in every waking

Moment, and in the deepest

Rests and sighs.

I found God in a temple,

White light and streaks

Of golden hues, sunlit

Greenery snaking

Through the

Paneless windows,

The peace radiating

Off of his luscious

Waves.

I found God in a

Queer hookup

When I was 17,

First realizing I too

Would have to shape

My own Heaven,

My own body

No longer fitting

The standard mould.

I found God at first

In a church down the

Street from home,

Singing choir

Of kids as

Young as five

And as old

As ninety,

The same

Enamored look

In their eyes with

Each musing tune.

I found God in a

Hotel bathroom,

Straining for

Love and support

In the withered

State of New Jersey,

The Devil hanging

Over my shoulder.

I found God in

The earthen 

Wilderness,

Bunnies moonlit

By her gracious

Strength,

Soft whispers

Of "keep going,"

When I needed

Them most.

I found God in

The hardest of times,

Praying without

A receptionist

To patch me through

To His glory.

I found God in

A solemn funeral

At Nine when I

Least expected

To see Him again.

I found God when

I laid down my sword,

Prayed for rain to

Cleanse the blood

From the chains

Of my enemies.

I found God when

I accepted my fate,

And She held me close

While I cried.

I found God when

I listened to the

Whispers, a silent

Night within.

I found God when

I took a deep breath

And let Them in.