As Honestly as Able
(praying)

God
As honestly as I am able
I do pray
For people
As in
As for
The thumping child upstairs
With the thumping
Mother

Keep them
And I’ll try to mean not as the Czar
So far
Away
(the rabbi’s prayer from the musical)

And
Yeah
I’ll pray for politicians
Too
And try to think of something loving to ask
For them
If not
Of them

And
Yes
The secret world
Behind the visible where people
Meet and think
To plan
To execute
The running of the rest
The visible
Unhiding world

God
Be with all or us and we should say
According to you will
And
Of course we should
I’m sorry
That’s confession that I think
So hard of things sometimes or wish to
Re-create if
Never
In my image

Yours being
Glorious enough
I hear
Because how glorious is
Perfection

Friends
Families
My own adversaries
Keep
Them all wherever
However you
Deem
Because you’re deeming’s good
Being
In fact
The best

Amen

C L Couch


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