I have wondered at times
what it is people pray for;
to lose weight, a new job,
a better car, stocks that soar?
Do they pray for the down and out,
the homeless or the needy?
Or are their prayers more personal,
a bit more greedy?
- But who am I
to say, to judge?
As if my own record
had no smear, no smudge.
When was the last time I
prayed for all those without?
When did I offer
to selflessly help out?
- Perhaps my own ponderings
that I entertain
should have more to do with others needs
and less with my own gain.
Though I do still wonder what it is
that most people who pray pray for,
now mostly I wonder why it is that I myself
don't pray, a whole lot more.
I have found myself praying during the day, for different people and things. I think you captured it Smoky.
Smoky-glad to see you back with more to say. I think you told us how we all are. When the going gets tough, we pray. A thoughful, revealing and well penned write
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Very true Smoky - we should spend more time thinking of others, then we would get a better perspective of our own problems. Well said and well written.