Prayer (poem)

Prayer

thank you, gods
for another morning
in my old age

now for a moment
I can forget
how angry Nature is

and justly so
at human insolence
arrogance and greed

now for a moment
I can forget
impending disaster

I can scratch the dog
I can feed the birds
and enjoy the morning

and most of all
appreciate the gift
of my old age

and thank you again
that I am not
younger than I am

--Charles Deemer