Heartless Prayer

Heartless Prayer

If love disappears

And I’m inside

A hospital

Give me time to help someone feeling ill.

If love disappears

And I’m learning

Inside of my school in Cary,

Give me time

To give a hug

To a happy, smiling child.

If love disappears

And I’m ordering food at a café

Let me have the chance

To pay for someone else.

If love disappears

And I’m wandering in the garden,

Grant me nature’s beauty,

A camera to capture the things I cherish.

Grant us a moment

When we can express feelings

To the ones we love.

Give us the courage

Of honesty.

Let each of us say

What we’ve always

Wanted to,

But were to scared

To admit.

Let us spread

Our true compassion,

Admiring and healing things

We’ve wanted to keep forever

But couldn’t.

If we’re to go cold hearted,

Grant us a moment to express

The empathy behind our door hidden with HATE,

Allow us to cherish what we always had

Just within our soul.

Give us hope

Of humanity’s kindness.

With thanks to Cornelius Eady