permission to pray on our own

I might not have said of
God
directly

how many pages should be read
and then
recited
for the people

what colors robes
to match the season

or may I say somewhere
dear God
say what is real to me
and
then
amen
however I should say that
given language
dialect
or situation

and between these
will you hear my love
of others
and
respond
accordingly with my knowing or
unknowing
what
or how

c l couch


photo by Roman Melnychuk on Unsplash
Dragobrat, Драгобрат, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine