AND SO I PRAY

(I thought of another prose that could be part of a concept album, touching on the topic of bringing the sacred to our Earthly experiences. Find it in your discount bins at any participating Tower Records.)

 

On the surface we may suffer, as we ride the wild rides

Falling and scraping our knees, in the playgrounds outside

The fragile frames fight gravity, from the cradle to the grave

The body can be the home of the free and the brave

And yet tragedy can strike it down with one fatal blow

As we push and pull our way along the pathways we go

Disease and viruses can attack, and force decay

And so I pause … and so I pray

 

Relationships continue the glory of the wicked unknown

Revealing secrets about ourselves even we had not known

There is he and she and then me and we

Pushing us beyond barriers, so we can be who we can be

Discovering new hearts, new eyes, open to see

Uncovering the truths that shall set us free

But first we may walk through darkness, as we fight, separate, betray

And so I pause … and so I pray

 

Communities, societies, nations hold hushed destinies

Broken systems, politics, prisons, crimes, felonies

A shutdown shuts us up and then shuts us down

Corruption now normal, once hidden underground

Children abused, misused, or even missing out of sight

An empty swing set, squeaks and sways silent in the night

What is our birthright, what do we all deserve

Leveraging leaders forget the masses they are supposed to serve

The power of the people must stand up and have its say

And so I pause … and so I pray

 

Moving from the outward to the inward in one brief motion

I see where I must first put my energy and devotion

Delusions – a free-for-all for the sickened mind – hold no power

As we evolve … in the end … in the final hour

We hold out for the truth, and we envision the best

The illusions dissolve and die, and are simply laid to rest

I’ve got to get out of my head, out of my own way

And so I do what I must do, even in this passion play

In contemplation and meditation, the chaos and static simply fades away

Because I pause … and because I pray