I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

Creativity

I make no weak choice
to say that I am made.
I know what a father [Ital: should /end Ital] be.
so I make God a father,
and at the same time,
for God's sake,
Almighty.
On earth my father
may be an abusive fool,
a mean and thoughtless monster,
weak, or merely decent.
To the first and last Maker I attribute
the ponderous good of good parenthood.
In this way and others, I simplify
the universal creator
from my emptiness of comprehension.
Shamelessly, I am happy
to have a friendly companion,
an experienced craftsman,
to collaborate in my creative work.

[The Covenant Journal, Number 26, September 2007 All poetry in this issue is by Robert Cogswell.]