Make A Prayer Poem by Alfred Barna

The spirit can be so strong
But the body is weak
We make promises all along
That we know we can't keep
But we take stock in grace
With our heart to make a amends
Headlong in this human's race
To the inevitable ends
At the end of a long day
All we really can do is pray
I know I have done my share
Don't' be ashamed to make a prayer

I've watched my babies grow
With a smile and a tear
I've watched the old folks go
Deeply missing them year by year
But then don't we like to fool ourselves
That we won't meet death face-to-face
Until we look up at those dusty shelves
And the pictures with no room to place
At the end of a long day
All we really can do is pray
I know I have done my share
Don't be afraid to make a prayer

Now that I've been blessed to be old
And I see things from a different bend
There are so many stories to be told
But the young are immune to the message you send
Life is a riddle with no punch line to see
We have to wait for the reason to be known
Just like many of the things that will be
So much of the universe remains to be shown
At the end of a long day
All we really can do is pray
I know I have done my share
Don't be too proud to make a prayer