Your Father
which art in Heaven
fought mine.
They were down in the mud
with blades, hand to hand
gouging each other
not for hatred
but for survival.
My Father Killed
Your Father
Hallowed be his name.
Like you I am as meek
as any of the Blessed
and we gaze at each others eyes
not wishing to gouge them.
We make love in the mud
rather than fight.
But somehow Our Fathers
are forever and ever…….
or at least
a good while yet.
Amen