Maybe a Prayer
Maybe a prayer is just
looking up once in a while
and seeing the trees like
it’s the first time, and
noticing a bird sitting there
doing nothing but waiting.
And maybe a prayer
is having a dream
about your childhood home,
and instead of waking up
crying for what is gone,
you smile in the dark.
A prayer might be only taking
what you need and leaving
the rest for God to handle,
surrendering your heart
with all of your heart,
releasing your soul.
A prayer could be happening
when you are in the presence
of the people you brought into
this world, and then the smaller
people they brought with them,
and knowing you had something
to do with all of that beauty.