Invitation for Prayer

by yennayi, posted in Reflection

Teach me how to resuscitate the past

To go forward while polishing tarnished gems

Undistracted in this world full of difficulties—

Fear of receiving,

Fear of giving,

Fear of sharing.

I want to learn how to inhibit in my body,

A temple hiding unwritten letters.

I want to learn to cry without flooding those letters.

Teach me how to fall and rise like snow

Falls, melts, and evaporates into clouds,

And then falls again.

I want to learn how to clap both hands silently

To clear the void and bring the silence along.

2024

4 responses to “Invitation for Prayer”

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    Anonymous

    very beautiful, so many people have inhibitions, feelings of worth not where it should be, reminders of not being alone in this world can go along way

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    Pat Leuchtman

    Yenna – You create beautiful poems and I am fortunate to be a friend and to love the poems – and you. Pat

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    Anonymous

    So Beautiful! You are such a poet with a gift of words and images for your readers to savor!

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    Anonymous

    one exquisite poem!!

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4 thoughts on “Invitation for Prayer”

  1. very beautiful, so many people have inhibitions, feelings of worth not where it should be, reminders of not being alone in this world can go along way

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  2. Yenna – You create beautiful poems and I am fortunate to be a friend and to love the poems – and you. Pat

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