To Call Forth The Stars

The night spreads to a blanket
of stars and moonlight.

We lie on our backs in devotion
to the sky.

All is quiet in this temple.

Opening your hands...you reach
into the night -
as if to call forth something greater
than ourselves.

And the grace of this simple
gesture -
punctuates a silence
deeper than we both can know.

And into this void...we cast our
prayers.

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Pray like
this -
like silence gathered to
parted lips...content in the
pause of words not spoken.

Yet certain of a coming breath and a
whisper passing through