On those misty gray days, I offer a prayer for peace.

Prayer for Peace




Dear Lord,
on this misty
rainy morning

I feel so tired,
my eyes want
to close, my thoughts

want to drift away
sinking into oblivious
rest, quiet breaths

letting the world
go by with its
struggles and war

with its hunger
and demands,
with its oppression

and obsession
for more, more,
more, never sated

this angry world
with spittle flying,
launching insults
like missiles.

Gather this world
in Your arms
like a feral cat

softly stroking her raised fur
until her throat relaxes
with a sigh and a purr

and her claws retract,
the arch leaves her back
as her eyes quietly close

a kitten in repose