A Friendship Prayer - Poem
Rinita is a creative writer, with focus on poetry. She delves into several forms including Haiku/Senryu, Sonnets, Free Verse, and Prose.
Background
A very close friend has been going through troubled times for years now. I want to help but there is not much I can do, as most of the troubles are circumstantial. I told her I will keep her in my prayers. Inspired by the poem John Hansen (Jodah) wrote for his friend "Terror Lurks When You're Alone - a Dark Poem", I decided to pen down my prayers for my friend, to help her start the healing process.
The Poem
I may not be there
To wipe the pearl-drops
Off the brink of your lashes
I may not be able to stop
Your dreams and hopes
Turning into ashes
I may have treaded
The same path
Leading to different crossroads
I may have returned
From the verge of whence
Everything ill, bodes
We may have boarded
The same train
From the same stations
I alighted early
While you went on by
The law of creations
But no matter what
I cannot do
When I am at the house
Of prayers, kneeling down
Palms folded, the fire within
They seek to douse
Your face swarms
Into my mind’s mirror
Vivid as you were close by
The little light there
In the depths of my soul, I pray,
May give you wings to fly
© 2018 Rinita Sen