When You Pray

 Ask for a light heart

When trees bend and crack in the wind
Do they demand of it to stop?

Does the grass
In summer heat and drought
Call upon the rain?

Do rocks
Ceaselessly still
Predict the next great quake?

Therefore

When you pray

Ask for a light heart

Indeed, the world burns
While politicians squabble

Nations scratch at dust
And leaders build spaceships

They say our planet is dying

Certainly
There is work to be done
But do it with a light heart

Kingdoms have risen
Kingdoms have fallen

Nations have been built on slaves

We have seen this wolf before
Wearing different brands of sheepskin

So when you pray

To God

To Allah

To Yourself

Ask for a light heart