prayer from a tired world
prayer from a tired world
He pulled His net from the choppy sea
looked and found there were no fish to share
so He walked to the shadow of an old olive tree
fell to His knees and beseeched His Father in prayer
saying “God i know in time you’ll bring in the fish
and you’ll feed us till we want for no more
but now, dear God, i have another unselfish wish
can we please just stop the foolish wars?”
then two thousand years later another man lived
he was broke and empty, not a penny to his name
it seems he had given all he could give
leaving more when he left than when he came
even the last of his nickels had come and gone
though dreams and prayers and wishes were still free
heaven’s rain left him soaked to the bone
and he remembered the man sitting beneath the tree
his bleeding fingertips dug for crumbs of bread
his aching heart searched for the solitude of words
as he closed his eyes and lay down his weary head
and peace was blocked by a heart disturbed
“Dear Father, i pray, two things and nothing more
please take me home with you tonight
and can we please stop these foolish wars?
i’m tired, father…too tired to fight.”
© tolbert
Copyright © wayne tolbert | Year Posted 2025
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