' Prayer For A Helping Hand Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr...fjr

Long, narrow halls breed echo
or do they reach out to the walls,
beckoning their dormancy
to help silence their repetitive mumurs;
And, everyone needs a helping hand -
every now and then.

Mighty Oaks cast shade and strength,
and do on Mother Nature's Maker,
to please the Summer, Autumn lovers,
it's bounty vibrant rapture;
And, even Trees need a helping hand-
every now and then.

La Tour Eiffel points towards deity,
or does its grand acerical soar
on its graphic, empirical history,
our human intrigue for the 'strange';
And everything needs a helping hand -
every now and then.

There was an old woman praying
over the bedside of a stranger,
running pearl beads between her fingers;
'Your Heart has been opened and blest, this day,
she whispered in his head...
then disappeared from where she sat;
'Everyone needs a helping hand',
said the lucky man, for his Helping Hand.


FjR-MMXVII