Monday, April 4, 2011

A Prayer

I saw you thrice tonight
But there was no notice,
No noticeable acknowledgment
Of me, as a human being
I am background
I am an afterthought
I am noise
I am poised
On the Brink of non-existence
But I am smiling for some reason,
Watching you go about your daily duties,
Goings and comings about,
Your invisible stress only visible to me.
I wonder what it's like to be on your side

I am a matchbook
I am your mortgage
I am your newspaper
I am a candle
I am your prayer request
I am your new phone book sitting on your hopeful porch
I am that guy on the street
I am protest
I am enlisted
I am ignorant by choice
I am baseball and crackerjacks
Cracked into little decadent pieces
And I am your advertisement

Where did you go that night when you walked out?
I was waiting.
For a glimpse of understanding
But I understand when life just feels, oh too real
And it's hard to breathe.
Breathe deep and I'll breath for you because it's simple
To breathe and soon ugly will disappear

And I will be your prayer request even though you really were never here.

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7 comments:

  1. Brian MillerApril 5, 2011 at 4:09 AM

    nice i like how you identify everything you are to her but in the end she was never there...either you got it bad enough to put up with not getting loved back or you are the answer she just never noticed...

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  2. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallApril 5, 2011 at 5:41 AM

    For a glimpse of understanding
    But I understand when life just feels, oh too real
    And it's hard to breathe. ..

    love every line, very lovely thoughts/prayers..

    Thanks for sharing, you are the one who have been there, pray, and know her....

    A++

    Bless you.

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  3. AnonymousApril 5, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    good write.. my potluck-- http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/remain/

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  4. AnnieApril 5, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    All those innate objects that observe and watch us....the invisible man on the street that sees us for who we are. We try to cover up and appear "normal" when we are out, but at home...in the comfort of home we shed the facade.

    A great line here...

    Breathe deep and I'll breath for you because it's simple
    To breathe and soon ugly will disappear

    Sometimes I find that breathing is the hardest thing to do.

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  5. AnonymousApril 5, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    Wow. This went places I didn't expect it to go. Well done!

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  6. AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 4:09 AM

    The things in the background that we take for granted, just like the prayer request, are things we need. I like this.

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  7. BubbaApril 6, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    I feel the softness here. Very nice, Nathan.

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