I Asked God

I wondered
What this day is for me.

I asked God today
To make him
See me. From near. Yet far.

I have looked at him closely, sometime ago.
Yet did not see him at all.
In his absence did not think of him.
Yet in his presence
I cherish the chatter. The laughter.

This sure sounds bizarre.
Because mine is a private space. Gated. Locked.
But I know this is new.
These footsteps. Vague. Yet present.

So I asked God what this meant.
He said, listen to them more...