A PICTURE AND A POEM: DISTRACTION

As I set out to walk today
I put my earbuds in,
hoping to ponder and to pray;
to meditate within.

My prayer began, “Be still my soul,”
but a train then rumbled by,
and angry dogs began to growl
while giving me the eye.

When the podcast called for silence –
three minutes – that was all
I went around a wooden fence
and this is when I saw

these two loose chickens near the street
both clucking in dismay.
I then admitted my defeat.
I wasn’t meant to pray.

Until this became the moment
when prayer transformed to mirth
with the joy of life, heaven sent,
to bless our days on earth.

God, I thank you for the laughter
when silence can’t be found.
Let my praise ring out hereafter
with every earthly sound.


(Photo by Karen)

5 Comments on “A PICTURE AND A POEM: DISTRACTION

  1. Oh my goodness, I can relate! Sometimes I just smile at God, I know he finds me amusing.

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  2. Don’t know where the prayer-time went,
    though I guess I should be askin’,
    but alternative was Heaven-sent,
    and the chickens were distracting
    when they fled the neighbour’s coop
    and wandered ‘cross the street,
    congregated on our stoop
    and thereby chanced to meet
    Belle the Wolf upon her rounds,
    checking yard’s security.
    The resulting awful sounds
    were proof of the surety
    that faced with pushy avian
    Belle is a vegetarian.

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