← All poemsoriginally published in *Kyrkobladet* — december 2019
a prayer · in the form of judy blume
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are you there god? it's me alice.
with all that i understand,
one shall ask and trust to receive.
i am asking you therefore
to gift me the life i love.
you know my pink victorian house
surrounded by a blossoming magically perfumed garden,
where my sweetness has space for joy,
yes my sweetness,
please don't forget her.
are you there god?
it's me alice
with all that i know
one
me being a special drop
in the magnificence of the ocean
together
with every other uniqueness of life.
we are all one.
two
that if i do good to you
i do good to me.
three
that trees talks to each other,
that nature the universe the planet
is a mathematical perfection
all collaborating for the greater good
knowing all this
how am i to live my life?
how am i to share my gifts for the greater good?
let your truth go through me,
please don't forget.
are you there god?
it's me alice.
with all the glorious beauty
surrounding me,
and
the abundance of it.
to be a creation among
all others.
how do i stay in awe?
how do i pleasure my heart?
how do i treasure all of it ?
in order
to have my moment nourished.
please gift me the whispers of a poetic life.
please help me re-member myself.
*snälle gode gud hjälp mig*
— alice saga
Are You There God? It's Me Alice.
Originally published in Kyrkobladet (Swedish Church in London magazine) — Emma Thompson cover, December 2019. Riffs on Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Closes in Swedish: 'snälle gode gud hjälp mig' (dear good god help me).