learning to pray
from those younger
I learned how to pray
Unpretentiously
Unabashedly
Uncomplicatedly
from you, my child
holding a prayer book that nani gave you when you decided to be a voyager
feeling the prayer beads, specially the two broken beads
making your own grace memento’s on rushed days
pausing to offer thanks for careless moments of friendship
letting tears flow full force into streaming rivers
finding packets of hidden blessings under pillows
bringing in the intimate courage recalled from family chants
gathering strength into bundles on your lap
learning to pray
from those younger
bead by bead by bead
may you never be short of rosaries and prayer books, my child
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