A Call to Prayer
Do not rise, do not brace your feet, calves, knees,
thighs, your whole tired selves to push
against gravity, against rest;
and do not rise in spirit,
hurling yourself skyward, but instead
lie down. Sink.
Open wide your hard working hands
and let go of all striving.
Let yourself fall
gently and completely
to earth.
Go down into the holy roots of being
where your prayers spread slowly
by aquifer and mycelium,
into the common ground,
or do not spread,
and enrich the soil of
exactly where you are,
then pray.

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