Friday, October 1, 2010

Hurricane God


Puddle of tears
And we look back to those years
When your words were so clear
It’s a new type of fear
You say it’s meant to be
Don’t say that you’re like me
You say he needed him
But I say we need him more
Hurricane God
Caused so much destruction


You got to open your eyes
And wait for sunrise
As the bird flies
Don’t believe in your lies
Just feed it goodbyes
And everything that passes on will be alright
With one last hug and a kiss goodnight


Don’t make me laugh
On behalf of the day
When I drove faith away
And it’s better now this way
You say it’s meant to be
Don’t say that you’re like me
You say he needed him
But I say we need him more
Hurricane God
Caused so much destruction

You got to open your eyes
And wait for sunrise
As the bird flies
Don’t need no baptize
Just accept with goodbyes
And everything that passes on will be alright
With one last hug and a kiss goodnight
One last hug and a kiss goodnight                         
                   
            This is a song I wrote when one of my relatives past away not so long ago. My uncle in Mexico died from anemia. I remember that when he was sick, all close relatives gathered at somebodies house to pray for him. We did that every weekend for about 3 months. Just when our relatives called to say he was getting better, he died. The news was very devastating to everyone, especially my mom. She could not believe that her brother she knew her entire childhood had died. I didn't know him that well, he was around only when I was no older that five. But I still have images inside my head. After that, everyone prayed again for about nine days straight at someones house. Almost immediately I questioned my religion, more than I ever had. My mom was still a believer, but I wasn't. My mom said he died because God needed his help in heaven, that sounded to me that God was a hypocrite. Why didn't he ask his "angels" or whatever to help, instead of my uncle? Well maybe because there is no such thing as God and he died of natural causes.

2 comments:

  1. Wow. I am pretty deeply impressed by this. For some reason, the line "Hurricane God" particularly jumps out to me. I think that's a very apt way to describe the way the divine seems to function sometimes.

    And your reflection about your uncle's death and its impact on your family and your religious beliefs is really raw and open. Thanks for writing this, I really admire it.

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  2. i responded to your post.
    http://iblog-fermin.blogspot.com/2010/10/reasponse-to-davids-song.html

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