Pray Poem by Smoky Hoss

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.