Tears as Prayer

i pray,
Father, forgive me for my sins.
i pray,
Father, thank you for these blessings.
i pray,
Father, let me be my best self today.
i pray,
Father, please protect the ones i love.
i pray,
Father, guide us through these times.
i pray,
Father, my words are inadequate.
i pray,
Father, my tears will say what i cannot.
i pray,
Father, I ask these things in the name of Jesus Christ, your son.
amen.

  

Heartquakes

I cannot write of
Nepal’s anguish without tears
For thousands’ lives lost.

Anguished cries echo
Across continents and seas
Mother Earth heed them.

Enough suffering
Enough pain for a lifetime
Mother Earth heal them.

death toll exceeds 2,500