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A Lovers’ Poem

Sail along side me. I pray for you,
you pray for me. Christ on our water, Christ in our sails.

Wishes

Prayer poems fall out of the ether,
like ladybugs and dandelion fluff,
shooting stars, and the fallen lashes
we cup in our hands before blowing
them into the breeze, wishes in the wind.

Flag Prayers

Prayer flags hang over our doorway,
over our table, over us.
They don’t wave far above us in the wind,
But they flicker wildly in my heart,
tabernacle candles announcing Christ’s presence,
St. Joseph votives streaming to God unceasing.

My scrawled hand, the babies’ scribbles, and our guests’ script
decorate those paper flags
and they haven’t changed since Eastertide a year ago.

The arching twine is filled with petition, praise, thanksgiving,
with begging, confidence, joy, and love,
and those flags wait, and they do not cease waiting ~
they are all unanswered, even the answered ones.