Still So Far

The simple answer isn’t
Always the one you want, so

In those cases, you value
Subtlety, complexity,

Epicyclic nuances.
In prayer to a deity

Who feels unavailable,
Attribute it to your doubt,

The deity testing you,
The crisis of faith all yours,

A problem to be worked on,
A dark, tangled wood to cross.

Don’t announce the deity
Isn’t there to answer you.