If,

then,

later.

Exit.

If a prayer
is said in silence
Then does God
really exist?

Amidst everyone and
the chatter and charge of
Happy Christmas
He, alone in the crowd
thinks
quietly so as not to disturb
or let loose the reflections that others could see

And when it comes
down to brass tacks
the facts having been laid bare, or
at least
presumed for another year
He smiles
of the happiness ahead
and of its when, and where