A Prayer And A Reflection Poem by Frances Ayers

Stand still, beside me

Like a gentle wind, stroke my cheek


Whisper words of reassurance

Guiding me in the ways of your knowledge


In my mind, I bow before your omnipotence

And grace my gestures, with homage to


An ever present benevolence, constant

In words of acknowledgement, you are


There to guide and comfort the broken hearted

Counselor and healer, i bessech thee


For strength that flows through me

As the streams of life, trickle out to


The vast open sea, uncertain in its boundaries

Mired in complexity but certain in its beauty


Such is life, an ever constant flow outward

Never stagnant, forever reaching for


The desires of the heart, gentle and earnest

An unfinished journey toward infinity