Thoughts and Prayers

 

Often in prayer, I speak of

the dead in remembering them.

The departed hear my words but

fail to answer.

I understand, the avenue to

the hereafter is one way.

Thoughts and words can

enter, yet can never be

returned.

In this life there is still

a lot to be learned. Death

is a final matriculation

into the Universe of the

Unknown.

Thoughts and words are

not needed to sustain us

in the everlasting beyond.

And as for an eternal deity

in my prayers, I am aware of

the spiritual god within me

who listens to help make life

bearably better.

Remember the dearly departed,

bless the living, and for me the

strength to endure, I pray.

                  -30-

Chris Hanch 7-1-2022