Mar. 13–19 ❘ Prayer for My Children
Prayer for My Children
In field, in house,
in closet of my heart,
I pause to rehearse your names,
to trace every syllable and letter
in my mind. I focus
on your faces before me
behind my closed lids, as though
I cupped you all in my hands,
examining and meditating
on your agonies, my agonies
over you.
I pour out my soul to One
who needn’t respect your privacy,
who watches and eavesdrops,
guides when I am not allowed
to interfere.
Every day, every moment,
I ask peace for you.
I seek peace for you.
I knock and it opens
peace to us all,
petal by petal.
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