Prayer

 

rugged metal chains
grip the ribcage
clench the heart

stomach hollow
hollow limbs
coursing despair

each chain a niggling fear
a negative thought
a needless desire
a nagging doubt

act of will
to live, love, give
 love life
give love 

in silence
the cosmos
seeps into sinews
as though by osmosis

ask nothing
something is received

a breath
a hymn
a chain breaks

ribcage opens
limbs  relax
blood flows

thoughts bright as
snow peaked hindkush

May 2019