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An Odd Prayer to Share
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God, help us
As we must know you
Something besides us
For people fail
They go away
Often for normal reasons
We are inside
And something should be known
Outside the skin
Of each of us
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We breathe
And that’s good
What is breathing for
And other pleasures?
And when it hurts
And they
What then?
Where is the reason
Who’s the reason?
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Nature is good
We can humanize
When we’re not exploiting
Its indifference
With our indifference
We can worship it
It will not specifically respond
We can destroy it
But then
We can destroy each other
Too
(not recommended)
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There is something
That is not us
Someone
Who is not us
We are talking to you
Unless we’re sure there’s nothing
And we’re only talking
To ourselves
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Either way, something more
Is needed
Not that each of us is bad
Or useless
Not that self-destruction is a choice
And we’re committed
(or we’re careless)
In which case
There is no talking
To oneself or anything
And we choose that way
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Or talk us out of it
(and here is a conceit
if not a cheat,
for this is a collective prayer)
Set us on paths
Toward light
Toward life
Toward righteousness
Not the indignant kind
Not ego-driven
But has illumination
As a cause
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Beyond self
There are so many things
So many people
There is much within us, too
Even the storm
And we are enough
For that
For them
For us
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C L Couch
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a prayer to say together, on behalf, or one by one
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