THE GRIM PEEPER
10-6-2025
Prayers...
smoke and air
love and hate and...
Despair.
Lift a voice..
alone or..
a set of many.
With passion,
with fire,
man's desire..
naught but caught
in webs of lies..
with incense burning
bonfire dances
kneeling...
or
prancing.
Beats and gyrations
religious cantations
to carry our burdens to the skies..
to the stars..
to the seats and
fetes of all-powerful..
Gods!
The main many..or..
the main one
on whom we stake our souls.
Asking
begging
crying..
for help!
From the dying child
to the flimsiest wish
of a vengeful dish
best served cold...
OR
that this time
your gamble finally pays off.
All smoke and mirrors
but without a prayer
without a god..
and no answer..
even if just a four-leaf clover...
there is no hope.
But just one answered prayer...
Hope! Survives..
As long as your loved one lives
or your Sunday entertainment
ends in satisfaction,
Hope lives.
Hope is the answer to prayer
Hope is all.
About the Creator
Victor Mendez
Born in 1958.There's a lot of road beneath these feet.Worn out pairs upon pairs of shoes.Been a ranch kid,a city kid,a Marine,a dad, a grandfather now,an avid reader and just recently began writing poetry in 2015 just to vent.
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