No Pronouns Need Apply
Dear God, Can I call you
Divine Consciousness?
Can I call you Goddess or Siri
if I don’t trust men?
Is your full name God Help Us?
Are you a thought more than a thing?
Can I call you goodness or wholeness,
white light or black hole?
Are you an operating system?
Are you catfishing people you’ll never meet
for prayers and obedience?
Can I call me you and you me?
Are you a figment, a hologram or a referee?
Are you a chain reaction?
Do you have checks and balances?
Are you a big bang that knows me
on a first name basis?
Are you entropy or stasis?
Are you everything everywhere all at once?
Are you a creation myth or a wish list come true?
Can I call you me and me you?
Can I call you? Can I call you?
_____________Colleen Redman / dVerse Poets Pub
September 24th, 2026 3:11 pm
Love the way you framed it in questions…. reminds me of that song by Joan Osborne (one of us)
September 24th, 2026 4:31 pm
Can I call you? Can I call you?
If you and I are one
can i just rest alone
and feel you inside
can you hear me, can you hear me
if i whisper under my breath
if my breath is all I have
to give
if my last breath is all i have left
will you know me, will i know me
as i/we remix as molecules
mostly matter and space
energy and light
will love prevail
and in the end
will we make love
take love, give love
be love
if God is love
will we be God together
all one
September 24th, 2026 10:07 pm
This line made me laugh: Is your full name God Help Us?
September 24th, 2026 10:11 pm
I’m so glad you got some of the humor, J Cosmo. Joey K, I think we should do a duet reading some day.
September 24th, 2026 10:42 pm
Its always good to ask questions, and this poem certainly does that, Colleen! I liked the humor and wistful nature of this piece! Much Love💙
September 24th, 2026 11:02 pm
I think his name is God Help Us that is the one I use most often, that an OMG!! A great questioning poem.
September 25th, 2026 9:04 am
And then there’s the one we all use so often that it has its own acronym: Oh my God!
I love this poem!
September 25th, 2026 9:39 am
All these existential questions so neatly encapsulated in this excellent piece hover around us in both conscious and unconscious ways.
September 25th, 2026 2:24 pm
I love your reflective thoughts here! So many good questions. Maybe it is “Oh my God!!” or “Good Lord!”
September 26th, 2026 4:06 am
An interesting personal interaction with God. Can I call you is a question we all ask
September 26th, 2026 12:27 pm
This is incredibly deep and profound! ❤️❤️
September 27th, 2026 8:52 pm
My question is ~~ did you receive answers? Seriously, I enjoyed your poem very much. I also enjoy scrolling thru your blog. Very interesting.