Thursday, August 31, 2017

I pray for You

I pray for You                                                                                      

I pray for You my soul to keep –
a child again and You’re the father –
I repeat Your name ‘til I fall asleep

in fields of quiet, buried deep 
‘neath skies where no storms gather.
I pray for You my soul to keep

as the horned owl flies and fire leaps
and the wild horse runs to lather.
I repeat Your name ‘til I fall asleep.

There’s fruit and grain, my task to reap; 
I’ll work the boundaries one to the other
and pray for You my soul to keep

free from dread and not to weep.
To blunt my mind’s fretful pother,
I repeat Your name ‘til I fall asleep.

The night’s settled in, moonlight-steeped,
a child again and You’re the father –
I pray for You my soul to keep
and repeat Your name ‘til I fall asleep.



















(painting by Mark Hodges)



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