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When I Pray to God

When I pray to God

I pray not to one man

For God is not one man

God is men

God is women

God is children

God is everywhere

Above us and below us

Ahead of us and behind

In the air we breathe

The water we drink

The food we eat

The very earth we walk upon

I pray to all of this

I pray to you

When I pray to God

I pray for myself

I pray that for the short time

I am on this earth

I make a positive difference

To this dangerous, frustrating

But still beautiful world

I wake up in every day

Unfortunately life's not always fair

Recession and reality confound

My efforts and to my utmost despair

Of all those who came before

I pray that what the living learn

Is remembered and built upon

By all those yet to come

I pray to them

I pray to you

When I pray to God