Pray for new shoes.
Pray for taller trees.
Pray for stairs.
Pray for stars.
Pray for the heart of the ocean.

Pray for intelligent life.
Pray for the lessons you’ve learned
to be born in the minds of others.

Pray for the Periodic Table.
Pray for the Man in the Moon.
Pray for the watchers of Game of Thrones.

Pray for the planes in the sky, and
pray for the towers we build there.

Pray for the ribbons of logic, and 
pray for the flashing lights.
Pray for the color blue and
the earth on its steady axis.

Pray for the turning seasons and
the gods who make things happen.
Pray for the roads that take us away, and
pray for the roads that don’t.