WHEN YOU ASK ME TO PRAY...THIS by Kat Myrman

When I wrote this poem I was considering the idea of prayer…

How, all too often our prayers become a laundry list of requests for things to feed our selfishness and ego rather than communion with the Divine other and the realization that we are One. 

When you ask me to pray…this…

by Kat Myrman

no ceaseless pleas

for favors from

a deity beyond, nor

simple conversations

‘tween some small

imagined voices, nor

yearly rites of gluttony

and sport peppered

with thanks, no final

utterance, eleventh

hour recompense.

a wisp of breath

more subtle,

effortless in present

tense, embodying

the senses in a dance

of elements, where

answers aren’t the

aim and questions are

irrelevant, this is the

prayer I pray for you

with utmost reverence.

Kat Myrman: When she’s not working in a cubicle from 9 to 5, Kat can be found taking photographs and photo editing, writing poetry and prose, or sketching and painting. With roots in traditional Christianity, these days Kat finds herself transitioning more into a feminine, earth-based Spirituality with a focus on living in the moment. Her greatest joy is found in encouraging and empowering others. Kat lives in a century-old home in a historic neighborhood in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia with her wife, Traci and their menagerie of critters: two very big dogs, three rescued kitties, a tortoise and a Sun Conure. Her four grown daughters have enriched Kat’s life with five (and counting) amazing grandchildren and several grand-pups. You can connect with Kat at her blog “like mercury colliding”, on Facebook, or on her pet kid’s Facebook Page, Henry’s Friends (where Kat is the translator).

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