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| Giza. 2011. |
Did I ask for a smooth, trouble
free passage?
teach me instead to steer the
roughest sea.
When the times are lean, the world’s
reeling on the edge,
not asking you to hold it steady
for me,
grant me instead the patience to
weather storms,
a spine that does not bend at
lashings of rain,
a heart that doesn’t crave a
hearth and home
and a mouth that smiles through
pleasure and pain.
To stay the course which you’ve
set me upon -
did I ever waver? just grant me
the skill
to ride out again into the harsh
unknown,
to submit with grace and not break
at your will.
No roses strewn, clouds cleared - nothing
I ask
except that I be equal to the
task.
I wish. How I wish...
ReplyDeleteI hear you
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteA prayer I pray I had prayed... but pray with you now... YAM xx
My Ma used to say prayer is the best medicine :) <3
DeleteThe rough seas only make us stronger...
ReplyDeleteJust a tad bit tired of the rough seas day after day now...
DeleteI'm afraid I fear being washed overboard. But this is a good prayer.
ReplyDeleteOmg that's another thing - I can't even swim!
DeleteI need a lot of dramamine (or wine? or...) for stormy seas, and a better backbone for tough times. Yet, we do surprise ourselves with what we can withstand. I'm with you though - I liked this prayer.
ReplyDeleteI could totally do with more wine! Lots, lots more..
DeleteHi Nila - yes to have the patience to get through ... I try and have a few options available, when I'm struggling - and that keeps me going. Very appropriate poem for now ... take care - cheers Hilary
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