The Conversion

Look God, I have never spoken to you,
       but now I want to say, "How do you do?"
You see God, they told me you didn’t exist,
       and like a fool, I believed all this.
Last night from the shell hole I saw your sky.
       I figured right then they had told me a lie.

Had I taken the time to see the things you made,
       I’d have known they weren’t calling a spade a spade.
I wonder, God, if you’d shake my hand.
       Somehow I feel that you will understand.
Funny I had to come to this hellish place,
       before I had time to see your face.

Well, I guess there isn’t much more to say,
       but I’m sure glad, God, I met you today.
I guess the ‘zero hour’ will soon be here,
       but I’m not afraid since I know you’re near.
The signal! Well God, I’ll have to go.
       I like you lots, this I want you to know.

Look now, this will be a horrible fight.
       Who knows, I may come to your house tonight.
Though I wasn’t friendly to you before,
       I wonder God, if you’d wait at your door?
Look, I’m crying! Me! Shedding tears!
       I wish I had known you these many years.
Well, I have to go now, God, good-bye.
       Strange, since I met you, I’m not afraid to die.

        Unknown American Soldier, KIA.