I Prayed that I would love 
someone
again in this lifetime. 

That he would
recognize
me in my selfness
and be glad. 

Glad as primitively as a
single
glimpse 
regales the saddest

crying echo of my 
name morphing into
Song. 

Have I found that 
ecstatic moment? 
Have you in the 
moment's recognition
sung with me

tonight?

No The End is not my
Beginning. It is the

World

Which breathed our
names

Together



Caroline Shank 
11.19.23

Carolineshank

I Prayed That I Would Love

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anaisvionet

You know, when you pray for love, there&#8217;s a lot of competition - how many teenagers are swamping the line? I like your poem though, its cosmic narrative, the idea that recognition has transformative powers, that personal experiences may be part of a larger, interconnected existence. The poems simplicity adds an emotional depth even as it intertwines individual and cosmic narratives. Simply lovely &#128579;

lumen

Indescribably beautiful Caroline, I adore this line, "Have you in the moment's recognition sung with me tonight?" so deeply felt!!! ^-^