Desire as Prayer

The strait and narrow way

is made entirely of yes,

and so, to know my yes

is my salvation

Desire is prayer,

and here is my desire,

uncensored and unspoken,

only understood

in the resolution of my heart,

the longing of my soul, my lips, my skin

Here is my prayer

answered in the gravity of being,

the seated ground, centripetal cohesion

in which I am aligned with all I am

Though I may have no words

or even images,

no explanation of what this might be,

I feel it here, with all of my existence:

Prayer is answered;

this desire

will keep on guiding me.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 12, 2013