The writer’s prayer

As a writer I often come to a place and I am at a loss as to how to proceed. If you are a writer, you know this moment, too. What is to be done at this juncture? We each have our methods of how to escape this dilemma. And for me? I pray. Here is a poem giving a sense of my feelings at those critical moments in writing.

The writer’s prayer

This earthy clay pot, intended for most common use,
comes to you.

Without substance, broken now and worn with age,
Wordless in utterance, having no good tongue of his own,
comes to you.

Knowing you have the heavenly patois to bring a good
of this rough empty vessel, filling full brim extravagant,
and overflowing.

Lord, hear my prayer.

18 May 2025