QUOTE : It doesn't interest me if there is one God<br />or many gods.<br />I want to know if you belong or feel<br />abandoned.<br />If you know despair or can see it in others.<br />I want to know <br />if you are prepared to live in the world<br />with its harsh need<br />to change you. If you can look back<br />with firm eyes<br />saying this is where I stand. I want to know<br />if you know <br />how to melt into that fierce heat of living<br />falling toward<br />the center of your longing. I want to know<br />if you are willing<br />to live, day by day, with the consequence of love<br />and the bitter<br />unwanted passion of your sure defeat.<br /><br />I have heard, in that fierce embrace, even<br />the gods speak of God.