26th September 2017
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve written any poetry, so I really enjoyed writing this one yesterday. I wanted to use a quote from one of the new pages of Thankful Quotes and Thank You Sayings as the title and theme and this quote just stood out for me.
One single grateful thought raised to Heaven is the most perfect prayer.
G. E. Lessing
The Most Perfect Prayer
Poem: Trina Graves
Prayers are said the world over
In a variety of different ways
Many pleading for assistance
To ease their saddened days
Most are taught as little children
Prayers to say before they sleep
Generations passing down words
Children’s Souls, they aim to keep
For some, prayers are repeated
Words they learned ‘off by heart’
Repetition brings them soothing relief
Releasing thought right from the start
Even those who do not believe
In the existence of a Greater Power
Will ‘pray’ in their own way to receive
Throughout life, a Blessings Shower
Whatever you’re version of prayer
I respect your truth and your way
I, like all, have my own beliefs
I follow my own path, wherever it lay
In deepest truth there is no right or wrong
The intention of the prayer is the key
Our beliefs throughout life are just perfect
In each moment, for who we came to be
Prayers are uttered to many ‘Gods’
Time and religion changes the name
But in Essence, they are all One
And we too, are of the same
“One single grateful thought raised
To heaven is the most perfect prayer”
Feeling the prayer is already answered
Will manifest blessings everywhere
Like many I believe that Gratitude
Appreciating all my Blessings each day
Is the ultimate communication of prayer
Thankfulness felt in every word I say
I Commune with the Forces-Of-Creation
The All-That-Is, Source-Energy of Love
I surrender my Heart and Soul to the flow
And unite my own Light with God above
Trina Graves
