One Question

I sat on the Max, heading into downtown Portland  It was empty, so Iput my head phones on and set my Ipod to shuffle. Joan Osborne? I didn't even know I had this on here...

If God had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to his face?
If you were faced with him 
In all his glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?

Heh. What would I ask God if I got a chance to talk to him?
I looked up, there was a man sitting in the bench across from me gently bobbing his head to the music in his ears. The bus hadn't stopped, and I knew he hadn't been there a second ago. How the hell had he gotten there?
I stared at him.
He had his shoulder length hair pulled back into a loose pony tail. His not so neatly trimmed beard was the same tawny blonde as his hair.
I stared at him.
He wasn't homeless, his clothes were too clean. Comfortable looking though, not sloppy mind you, just, comfortable.
Tentatively I got out of my seat, leaving my headphones next to my things, and sat down next to him.
The two of us, sat in silence for several minutes before he pulled out his ear-buds, and turned to look at me.
"Did you want something sweetheart?"
"Are you...?"
"Am I what?"
I raised my eyebrows at him, looking at the ceiling. "Ya know... Him."
He smiled, looking at the floor. "What do you think?"
"I knew it..."
"Did you have a question for me?"
I hesitated... who was I to question Him? "Why?"
"Why?" He looked at me questioningly
"Yes. Why? Why are you just sitting here listening to music when you could be out there", I gestured widely to the windows, "doing some good. I mean you created this world after all! Why not do something?!"
He smiled. "I can't fix everything for you girly."
"I don't want..." he held his hand up, cutting my words short.
"You do want me to fix everything, but if I did, what would you truly gain from it?"
"A better world!"
"But would you appreciate it?"
I started to say yes, then stopped. I shook my head.
"See? You have to help yourself, or how would you learn to appreciate this beautiful world my girl?"
He placed his hands on either side of my face, wiping away the tears I didn't were there.
"You know I love you right?" I nodded. "Then you know I do this not because I don't want to, but because of what I want for you." I nodded again, and he kissed me on the forehead. The max operator called out the next stop, and when I looked up he was gone.