Let a thing be what we say it is, <br />if a donkey is eating corn <br />let the donkey not be an allegory <br />nor the corn a corn byproduct. <br /> <br />Let us not despise readers <br />for not 'getting us' <br />when we did nothing to let them in, <br />and everything to keep them out. <br /> <br />Let every offering be a gift, <br />first from you and then from us. <br />Let 'Let this serve you well' <br />be both credo and apologia. <br /> <br />Do not let us fall down <br />the well of our awareness. <br />Neither let us feel special <br />Just because we hear music. <br /> <br />Lead us not into obscurity, <br />and deliver us from brilliance. <br />For thine is the poem <br />forever amen. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(2006)<br /><br />Mike Finley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-prayer-for-poets/
