As the mountain hungers to be made flat <br />So I burn for your salvation. <br /> <br />Help me to forgive the airplanes <br />strafing me on the skyscraper. <br /> <br />The centipedes in the pillowcase <br />know not what they do. <br /> <br />Spread open my chest with a spring-clamp <br />And let my heartbeat keep my time. <br /> <br />These trembling hands want work. <br />These clapping lips want song. <br /> <br />To you I lift a styrofoam cup. <br />Pile on, dear God, pile on! <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(2006)<br /><br />Mike Finley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-prayer-for-resilience/
