Grandfather's Prayers


As he lifted his face to the sky,
his eyes closed in meditation,
all the years would fall away.
With his weathered Bible
he would sit and pray
in peacefulness,
with the Lord
always 
near.
Near,
always,
with the Lord,
in peacefulness
he would sit and pray,
with his weathered Bible;
all the years would fall away,
his eyes closed in meditation,
as he lifted  his face to the sky.


september 2004
ŠJanet Reid