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PRAYER

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PRAYER

What happens to a prayer unspoken?

Does it fade away
Like a summer squall?
Or rise like sea spray-
And then fall?
Does it remain the same?
Or grow in urgency-
And consume like a flame?

Maybe it just remains a dream
Unspoken word

Or is it heard?
We were told to rewrite 'A Dream Deferred' by Langston Hughes. So the formatting is his but the rewrite is mine.
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4eyes0soul's avatar
"A prayer unspoken" is no different than a prayer spoken. The only difference is if you speak it somebody might hear.
I LOVE taking things way too literally!