Colin F. Jones

SHOULD I PRAY?

Should I pray? It seems of no real use;
The words but echo back to me as pain,
And nothing changes detail nor excuse,
And I remain myself if I change my name.
Friends are friends until they die and go,
Some leaving quickly some less apt to run.
Though they live on so long as I survive you know,
Living in sadness that is not a lot of fun.
Yet this is life, oh yes unchanged by prayer,
Unchanged by faith and hope and all those things,
That help us cope with sorrow and despair,
Yet changes not what our tomorrow brings.
Still, we can cope for nature gave us love,
Or yet some greater creature from above