LOVER’S   PRAYER 

Lord,

is February only for lovers:

Valentine’s Day

and young couples

longing for the spring?

Lord,

isn’t every day

a lover’s day:

if I stop along the road to listen to a friend,

or challenge an unkind slur,

or help carry another’s burden

when I see them struggling up the hill?

Lord,

isn’t every day

a lover’s day:

if I tell another

I am grateful for their presence

in my life and how they change

my winter into spring?

©  Andy Costello, 

Markings  Prayers

Thomas More Association