Autumn Litany Poem by Jacob Bearer

It was Autumn, and the clouds unfolded like a blanket
filling night under its cover,
and the white worn pages of my prayers, dimmed.

The fiery canopy overhead, dulled to grey tones.
And I saw the night roll over the whole world
snuffing out the celestial guides.

I prayed. Even in the dark, I walked and prayed
to the angels and royal heroes and heroines of heaven,
asked that they be burning stars in this black Autumn sky.

I begged that heavenly armies would lift the scourge of Mammon,
who works in cover of darkness,
I asked them to set the world ablaze again, to make a new day, again;

because the battle is begun
and we are refugees navigating across vast deserts
with need of northern stars to guide us on our way.