Prayers

All of us pray, but in a different way
on our knees or on our feet
with our head bowed
or the faces turned to heaven
Some wrapped in prayer shawls
with beads between their fingers
others with rawhide rattles
and the drumbeat in their hearts
Some go to splendid temples all across the globe
others in the quiet wood
or in the desert heat
where ancestors walk close to this world
hush! not a word is said
some lift their voices
others sing and shout
whilst even others pray silently within their soul
Some with candles and incense
bells ringing through the air
and others with tendrils of sage smoke and sweetgrass
taking the prayers to Grandfather
Heavenly Father, Creator, Great Spirit, God
Some give their tenth, some others tobacco
and others fast and seek
Visions and dreams, sermons and lecture
meditation and healing…

We are all the same
We are all children of our creator
all of us, brothers and sisters
We walk the same path
just in different ways
Some hold fast to scriptures
while others walk a path of reverence
that comes from a closeness with nature
feeling of the intelligence of natural things
to follow Creator from the depths of their hearts

All of us partaking of Spirit–