God Says Yes to Me

Kaylin Haught (1995)

I asked God if it was okay to be melodramatic

and she say yes

I asked her if it was okay to be short

and she said it sure is

I asked her if I could wear nail polish

and she said honey

she calls me that sometimes

she said you can do just exactly

what you want to

Thanks God I said

And is it even okay if I don’t paragraph

my letters

Sweetcakes God said

who knows were she picked that up

what I’m telling you is

Yes Yes Yes

*This poem feels like it was written by a younger child as if asking her God questions and in this case "She" is answering them. It feels like she is emphasizing feminine power and this is her form of authority. It shows how our everyday actions and smaller things in life impact us and her God is affirming what she believes and is supporting and loving her. This God accepts her for who she is and who she wants to be and is a God that she can relate to in everyday life. Also, accepting her human imperfections and loving her and accepting her anyways. It implies feminine power and superiority as she is speaking to a female God but at the same time a humble God who knows each person individually and tries to take care of their needs and know them as one their own daughters that they have a personal relationship with.