How We Pray....
Poetry is the food of the soul. It's my greatest contribution to the world and an area I can always grow.
Are we really so different?
Voices from the world
Customs, language,
Hopes and dreams
Symptoms of being human
And yet spiritually
We seek improvement
For ourselves and other
And when we pray
We do it the same way
Bow our heads
Make a commitment,
To a higher power
Words are different
Messages the same
We all will ask
Time and again
For safety, health
Child well-being
Sometime prosperity
Heal our pain
Give us strength
No more disease
Clean, fresh water
Let us sleep with ease
Help our neighbors
Feed the poor
Stop the bombings
Stop the wars
Just stop it all!
Seems we’ve found
That common ground
No one thought was there.
Could be because
We weren’t looking?
Our gods may differ
Doctrines and disciplines
Customs, clothes
Holy places too
Nearly everything,
Except, of course
That we keep praying
Seeking healing
A higher message
And a loving feeling
© 2020 Ralph Schwartz
Comments
Gypsy Rose Lee from Daytona Beach, Florida on February 20, 2020:
Most inspirational and I pray every day.
Dora Weithers from The Caribbean on February 19, 2020:
"Seems we’ve found / That common ground /No one thought was there." Your message is clear. Good poetry.
OLUSEGUN from NIGERIA on February 18, 2020:
Good Poem!
A B Williams from Central Florida on February 18, 2020:
Amen Ralph. Beautiful!
When we pray, "we make a commitment to a higher power", it's done in a loving and unselfish manner, for positive things and positive change.
My most recent prayer, was prayed last night at the end of the Daytona 500:
Lord, wrap Ryan Newman in your arms and see him safely home to his loved ones. In Jesus Name. Amen.
It's that simple, not any more complicated than that, but so many attempt to turn it into something unnatural.
If someone is using words, just to be using words, in an unloving manner for negative or unhealthy things, that's not prayer, that's something else.
