Some pray only with their toil; <br />Others in the course of their day, without any outward sign. <br />Some prostrate themselves; <br />Others kneel, hands folded, after making the sign of the cross. <br />Some pray on one knee, heads bowed in a huddle. <br />Others bow deeply, then kneel, foreheads to the ground. <br />Some dance their prayers, dervishing in ecstasy, <br />While others sway in rhythm with the pulse of the divine. <br />Some pray standing, heads bowed, eyes closed; <br />Others, with hands and arms lifted, <br />as if prayers are launched from fingertips upwards. <br /> <br />And God sends back answers <br />All lovingly wrapped in the everyday minutiae, <br />Covering the earth <br />with sunbeams and raindrops, <br />with moonlight and stardust, <br />with darkness and snowflakes, <br />with leaves and petals - <br />Each an answer, <br />Each a syllable in God's language. <br />Stand outdoors and keep arms open wide <br />To receive those bountiful answers.<br /><br />Lillian Susan Thomas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/prayer-in-many-forms/
