Even to ask
Prayer is the start of detente,
a tête-à-tête, a turning away
from the cheap, the shoddy;
away from the opportunist, the scoundrel within,
drawing nearer to the purity of the Source.
But, comes the day, o petitioner,
when any request or suggestion
is a grave faux pas,
an attempted undermining,
a sundering of faith.
Even to ask for virtue or liberation;
even to ask for the sake of others.
Even to ask... is a violation
of the most delicate, flyweight,
prayerful and paper-thin arrangements
between illusion and Truth,
lover and God;
separating the rare truly faithful
from the scheming, frightened,
manipulative crowd.
O child of God, your intended destination?
You can’t get there from here.
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