God Says Yes To Me

God Says Yes To Me

Kaylin Haught

I asked God if it was okay to be melodramatic
and she said 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
or not 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 where she picked that up
what I'm telling you is
Yes Yes Yes

            As I was searching for a poem, a title caught my eye so I clicked it. It is a work of Kaylin Haught entitled “God Says Yes To Me.” This poem is the 126^th poem on the website Poetry 180, created by Billy Collins, an American poet. I decided to analyze this poem because the title was very interesting as well as the words written in the poem. When I read it, I find it simple yet so heart warming. It is easy to understand compared to other poems. It is a conversation between God and a young girl, which makes it very interesting and adds flair to the poem. It is about a young girl who is unsure if it is alright to do random innocent acts or things that you just can't help.

            When I first read the poem, I noticed that the pronoun used for God is ‘she’ when the pronoun usually used is ‘he.’ Because of that, I thought God was representing a person, a mother perhaps. But from reading the poem over and over, I realized that God was God not representing anyone. The young girl does visualise her own God as a woman and someone who actually speaks to her. She has an independent mind not conforming to society's view of God as a man. She sees her god as a woman and even hears her responding to her random questions like if it was okay to be melodramatic, if her height was alright or not paragraphing her letters was okay in her God's eyes. I think deep down, the girl knew everything would be alright because her god would be behind her supporting her. "God Says Yes To Me" is exactly what a higher power should be doing encouraging a young person in their life and help them grow in their faith. It shows that the young lady has someone who is actually looking over her. 

            For me, there are two meanings of the poem. First is to be yourself, to be whatever you wanted to be, and to love yourself for who you are. By God answering yes to every questions the young girl asked, it is telling her that it is okay to have those simple acts in her life. Positivity is the tone of the poem. It helps us recognize that we are perfect the way we are. I think it is very important to have something like this in our life to keep reminding us to be ourselves and that we are perfect the way we are. The second one is to believe that God is there for us always. Everyone needs someone to believe in them and say yes. God wants us to be whoever we want to be and to accept our differences.

            “Yes Yes Yes,” God said to the young girl. We must keep in mind that God loves us so much, and is ready to give his yes by being good and true to ourselves.