Praying for those who don’t pray
Praying for those who pray but don’t pray
Praying those who use prayer to curse those who pray
Praying for those who think prayers are listicles for unfurnished desires without devotion
Praying for answered prayers that seem like victory but really bequeath toxicity
Prayers for unanswered prayers that seem like the sting of neglect but actually save a life worth a chance
Prayers for unholiness that holds fragility hostage under the ruse of the Lord’s sloppiness when it’s the humans in multi-complexes that command dire rearrangement of verses
Praying for the strong who are weak and the weak who are weaker
Praying for the resurrection of the truth to finally overwhelm the landscape of untruths that boldly blind dizzy visions into tragic submission
Prayers for the young boys that wait for the light to change and run into the arms of flying bullets or steady objects that jab on command
Prayers for the adults who watch from a close distance as the guts of helpless Black youngsters turn vibrant red without the assistance of humanness to prevent flooding
Praying for the potency of hate that hangs in gold-riddled pews
