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Thursday, November 19, 2020

PRAYER

 


When my heart has no words
when there is too much to pray for
and not enough hope
in the world
to right all the wrongs

When wildfires are burning
and a virus stalks our days
as the naysayers bray
"It's a hoax!"
I walk my speechless heart
into the forest
to try to find my way

Each tree
a living prayer
offering balm and breath
to the soul-weary
Each birdcall a note of hope
in the planetary song
humankind has
gotten wrong

When my heart has
only tears,
and there is too much to pray for
and not enough hope
to find my way
I let the trees pray for me
Breathe their peacefulness
into my being
Listen to all 
they have to say

Each tree
a living prayer,
each human adding either
dark or light
to our planetary plight


Shared with the fine folk at earthweal, on our 45th open link weekend. How time flies!

7 comments:

  1. I love this song of hope, Sherry:
    'I walk my speechless heart
    into the forest
    to try to find my way'
    It's all we can do, but I think this is one of the best thing we can do, to add our little bit of light.

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  2. I agree with these sentiments. I too have been ut walking in nature. It is so rejuvenating to be out away from the world of people right now. Suzanne of Mapping Uncertainty

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  3. I find my way there too, even though my canopy is suburban. I walk tree to tree nowadays and find that a comfort I should have learnt long ago.

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  4. The forest is the best place to be, Sherry, calm and comforting. I love the thought of ‘Each tree / a living prayer / offering balm and breath / to the soul-weary’.

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  5. I like this poem very much, Sherry. I love the idea that each tree is a living prayer. May their collective voices be heard.

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