This Simple Prayer by Jean Varda

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This Simple Prayer

This simple prayer

protects me

drapes itself around me

like silken breath

 

This simple prayer carries me

through battlefields of despair

round dark sinkholes of depression

inside a fragile shell of hope

 

This simple prayer

holds me

cradles me in

shimmering skies

and covers me 

with moonlight

© Jean Varda

Jean Varda

Jean Varda gave her first poetry reading in 1971 at Stone Soup Gallery in Boston, Mass. This was followed by performances on street corners, prisons and churches with her mentor, storyteller, Brother Blue. She has led poetry workshops and open mics across the county. She has self-published six chapbooks of her poetry. She presently resides in Concord Massachusetts.

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