Sunset Prayer

Poem © 2013 by Joyce Mason
All Rights Reserved

Fading Sun,
 bathe my tired body

in orange-gold pools

of overused Mars

Release my drooping head

from Mercury still heavy

on my mind

help me help him

go from quick- to slowsilver

Let Venus

tickle my skin

spots of sweet memories

of love's everyday moments

highlights of my day

Send Jupiter on a long a hike

from big gestures

to draw me
into my inner journey

Send Saturn away till tomorrow

and Uranus

enemies of sleep

If Pluto comes calling

tell him to meet Neptune

in my dreams

to leave me alone

in these holy hours of daily wind-down

Bless me with
TV films and night movies

God and Goddess

of a day well spent

while I wade into your waters

melt with another day

into the ocean of forever.

~.~.~

Photo Credit: © SUNSET GIRL by Mitya73

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