By Ali
Date: 2002 May 20
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Pray to God

Pray to God
That he doesn't break
Your heart.
Pray to God
That he doesn't walk
Away suddenly.
Pray to God
That things don't end
Like this.
Pray to God, indeed.
It doesn't matter which,
Who,
Or how.
It doesn't matter
He,
She,
It,
They.
A thousand,
A hundred,
A single source.
Polytheist
Or monotheist,
A spade's a spade--
In Love's rose colored
Eyes.
But as you're praying
To Buddha,
Or Christ,
Vishnu,
Or Aphrodite--
Whichever one,
Or two,
Or three,
Or all,
Remember this:
God has nothing to do
With the follies of Man.
You cannot mend a heart,
Or will a way,
By the kind simplicity alone
Of a heartsong
Prayer.