A Poet's Prayer

I'm re-posting my poem this time with my photo "Lilies of the Field". . . hoping that together they might be an inspiration for some of you to pick up a pen . . . and write your own!

A Poet's Prayer

Thank you for words, Lord

their eloquence and simplicity

the many forms of speech and language

known to man ~

Thank you for the gift of voice

and its expression ~

sounds that pass through teeth

and tongue and settle on the lips

that form them.

Words emerging

from the mind and heart

dripped with honey

or sharp as steel . . .

words worth remembering.

And so my gratitude

emerges in this hand and pen

with urgency to capture

all the bits and pieces

before they float away.

To write Lord!

To give flesh

to the spoken word

to make it real

to pass it on

for generations yet to come

remembrance to reflect upon

with laughter or with tears.

We . . . who can dream

and speak of the stars

must record the sacred truth ~

that once mankind was here.

Joanne Cucinello   2008