Otherwise, I Am
God is
who reveals us
unto ourselves -
not otherwise.
Fools, we
venture: Here am I!
Til the heavens
insist otherwise.
Rebels, we
writhe indignantly
This be I!
No otherwise!
Gnarling, we
flail impertinently,
gnashing 'gainst
the otherwise.
Until we,
defeated, drop
kneeling to
God'