Let Us Pray

{this row of sunflowers caught my eye – they appeared to be bowed, as if in prayer}

There are days when I whine,

and days when I say words that would be better swallowed whole –

even if they did make me choke.

There are days when the world tastes bitter

and the thousand choices I am faced with seem every one a mistake.

But the thing I love best about this capricious, untamed life is that

even in the midst of my fear,

I can bow my hand, join with all creation and say –

It is good.