Prayer

Perhaps,
like Me,
You were taught
that Prayer is
entreaty,

bowed knees and
bowed head, and
desperate
lifted hands.

I have come
to Believe,
for a forever
of reasons,
that

Prayer is a
headfirst dive
into the deep end
of a Pool of
Love,
bubbling with
the Creator’s
Laughter
that You ever
thought
there would be
any Answer other than

“I will give You
as much
YES
as You can bear,

until You are
persuaded that
All I ever desired
for You
was that

You learn to
swim in it,
and You
band together
with Your Friends
to prowl
around the Pool,

grabbing hapless
Bystanders and
flinging Them in
until They must
swim for Their Lives.”

(Photo by Jed Villejo; UnSplash)