I said a prayer today,
And it went something like this-
Dear Lord,
(With my head on the ground),
Please grant me empathy.
I said a prayer today
I never thought I would say,
Not the praying part of course,
Just that prayer in particular;
For- cynicism and hatred,
Were not in my nature,
(I thought),
But then I grew up and
said a prayer today,
For the world is changing,
And the world has changed me,
And the dreamer within
Is dying-
Like the trees, the earth, the sea
And its beings.
Dear Lord grant me empathy
For cynicism is overtaking.
I said a prayer today,
For the world is bleeding
And I am bleeding with it.