Perhaps unnecessary, but out of respect to those who believe in God, I have written "you" in lowercase. Notice that the title is "An Atheist's Prayer" and not "The Atheist's Prayer" - that's not without reason. I presume there are as many different shades of atheism as there are of variants inside of any of the major religions.
Dear Ancient Symmetry, Darkness, Mr. (Mrs.) Nothing, or Innermost Self.
Thank you for... being there. It would seem you are omnipresent in all corners of the universe (but this I can not know for sure); for without your presence in the form of space and darkness, everything would be filled and there would be no room for any of us to manuever or to perceive the contours (including the exposed symmetries) of anything. Without you and the presence of your beautiful angel Time, I would not be able to truly forgive my enemies or even to understand my friends. Though I'm not sure of your exact form, I take comfort in knowing that you are there and will be there long after I have returned to you.
I must admit that I have sometimes questioned your motives- how you can allow bad things to happen around me in my world. Thus, though I am able to take some comfort in knowing that you and your most beautiful angel shall never part, I am concerned regarding the amount of pain other lifeforms may have to endure after me. Upon some reflection, I understand that you are no "God" and that - perhaps similar to Superman relinquishing his powers to become Clark Kent in order to marry his love, you may have given up the wonderous powers of feeling joy and sadness so that you can be "with us". In case I am speaking to my innermost self, I would rephrase the above by pointing out that you seem neither good nor bad (and perhaps that's more "good" than "bad"!).
I would like to undertand you better- but this will surely take more Time.
Thanks for "listening",
Crowdog
And to DKos members: Thanks for reading.
Update: it's spelled Atheism (not "ie") thanks Gaska!