Sacred Prayer

It was in this room

Except not like any room

This belly of a whale, this sacrifice of a trial

And not knowing of it

Not speaking of it

And beyond its shadows

It wasn’t unlike this room

This belly of the whale

Sitting and waiting

Paralyzed in fear - is that a thing

Finding my breath

And my cage just opened

Was I to go, or - write

or both

With little light touching

bare fingertips, like sand etched

in the crevices of my mind -

How I breathe

And how I hope for

life, gratified in authenticity

graced in this breath

beyond the belly

to obedience and purpose

AMEN