Prayer 1
To the God of the universe
and of the sparrow,
I speak
My requisition.
Do not forget me
in the workings of
time and space,
of history and future.
I am insignificant
within this tired world
where you have placed me.
Yet I am placed.
Again your servant speaks.
Do not forget me.
Do not abandon me to my enemies,
Do not abandon me to my snares.
You have spoken to me
the only true words
which I have ever heard.
You have called me your child,
told me of your love.
Do not abandon me, my Lord.
Do not leave me to the cold wind,
nor the silent road which stretches
away from You.
Turn my thought,
to Yours.
Turn my heart
to Yours.
Turn this cold wind
into Your whispered word.
Turn this silent road
into Your perfect path.
My Lord,
Do not abandon me
to the night. . . |