Lumber’s Calling

At first,
I will whisper
Second,
I will speak softly
Then I will converse
normally
You should hear me by now
normally
but you still don't
I raise my voice
your attention remains
out there
some where
I think about shouting

You hear my thoughts
but this one misses
you
even though I am all
but your thoughts
and your thoughts, too
now I'm lost
in the two of us

So I shout
and shout again
now I'm loud as thunder
and you continue to hear
not us

or me, so it is here, for you
I am left no other door
to reach you
but the two-by-four.

PS I'm sorry. Signed: God (capital 'g')