. Poetry from The Great In-Between: The Prayer of the Outsider

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

The Prayer of the Outsider


 The Prayer of the Outsider


(A little old lady whispers all alone in the cold. Looking up at the rain filled sky.)


Dear God 

You brought me to life from nothing


To try to do something


To share kindness 

Compassion and a light for those in the dark


To follow 


Then to return home with stories

When my bell you ring 


To hear me stand and sing aloud 


In the Holy Circle 


About all the things I did when I was once alive 


In the living gardens of mankind


So keep giving me strength to keep doing so

As I go


Amen


(C) Copyright John Duffy


Foundation of the piece.


In a new society slowly receding away from praying, do those who still pray, only come from the expected backgrounds?


Example. 

The more mature generation.

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