{"id":1647,"date":"2023-11-05T19:28:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T00:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pensivejournal.com\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2023-11-05T19:28:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T00:28:43","slug":"for-those-who-pray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pensivejournal.com\/poetry\/for-those-who-pray\/","title":{"rendered":"For Those Who Pray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bring <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gape<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agape<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whatever <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creed<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the day will bear instead of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screed<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and offer neither <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crow<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, nor <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crown<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Allow <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ave<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Pour mercy over <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deadliness<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deadlines. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">glob<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">globe<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at rest on axis and spinning like a star. Let <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">descant <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rescue our <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">descents<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decent<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be sufficient to the day. May <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">muss<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> turn into <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">muse<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and feed us lovely words. Lead <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dread<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> resolve to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tread <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and bring us safe returnreturnreturn. Where <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cares<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spill forth like volcanoes, let prayer be water\u2019s caress, receiving fire and making islands where new growth takes root, survives the storms. Let prayer be island. Be lit window. Be unbreakable and unbreaking. Let it be play in the breathing fields. Be fields, be breath, be the quiver of aspen leaves, water over rock. And let me learn praying. I have no silence in me, though I sleep. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bring gape as well as Agape, whatever creed the day will bear instead of screed, and offer neither crow, nor crown. Allow Ave and have. Pour mercy over deadliness and deadlines. Let glob be globe, at rest on axis and spinning like a star. 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