Prayer for Answers
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:42 pm
One day I prayed to god,
not knowing what god was,
not knowing if god was,
asking merely to find out.
My gaze fell upon a woman,
standing in a park
by her daughter's lemonade stand
keeping the secret of all secrets
that the cost benefit analysis of the stand
resulted in a slight deficit for the family through the summer,
knowing that by next summer's end the daughter
would be on to some other more or less trivial pursuits.
not knowing what god was,
not knowing if god was,
asking merely to find out.
My gaze fell upon a woman,
standing in a park
by her daughter's lemonade stand
keeping the secret of all secrets
that the cost benefit analysis of the stand
resulted in a slight deficit for the family through the summer,
knowing that by next summer's end the daughter
would be on to some other more or less trivial pursuits.
