Prayers Unfolded Poem by Susan Lacovara

You knelt in the brilliant light
Of morning prayer
Head bowed in your humbled offering
Of a trying heart
You started your pathway forward
Anew
Refreshed
Awash
Confessed

In that quiet space of serenity
Where light was more than just a promised gift
Your heart fell open to the truth of love
And it's lasting healing power

You said you spoke to your God
And He answered
Giving you miraculous clarity
Long overdue
You announced...
Proclaimed...
Pronounced...
Exalted...
Our bond was blessed and strong
The heavens had smiled upon you
At last! At last!
Your just rewards

I watched your branches grow
Reaching towards greater understanding
Of what your life could be
Your face wore a radiance
To challenge the sun
Every star dipped within your reach
Yours, for the taking
As so it was written...

I prayed in my own gentle way
Away from your eyes
But ever close to your heart
For daily deliverance
And unwavering faith
For responsible knowledge
And divine direction
With golden certain affirmation
That our combined beliefs
Were strong enough
To push aside any doubt and wrong doing
That we would steer from the outside temptation
Of throwing it all away

You spread your prayer mat
Onto the simple wood of my floor
Without conceit
Just a simple man
In her simple home
In a safe and sturdy place
Unafraid to be venerable
And vested in the brand new beginnings
Of being IN the present...

"I am HE"
"HE is HERE"
"In this moment"
"All is mine"
"My soul has found it's home...
With hers"

And so I saw and I was converted