2025 Prayer

On a chilly northern beach
A white shell
And a red rock
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One shimmering on a shrine
Before the frigid gentle waves
One tucked into a driftwood nest
Both blessed
by the proclamations of a child
born of innocent belief
That these “prayer rocks”
Might hold powers of relief
From our hurts and troubles
So I placed my offerings there
selected for beauty and uniqueness
with particular care
To these unknown beach-side gods
With my whispered requests
That 2025 might be OUR year
That we might be more than mere guests
Within each others hearts and lives
Sitting cross-legged on the sand
With folded hands
I sent my prayer aloft
To remain
Where
On a chilly northern beach
A white shell
And a red rock
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That 2025 be our
Together