Little Prayer

"Page after page
I have lived Your world
in the narrative manner, Lord,
in my own voice I tell Your story.
Needless to say, I envy

people who dramatically
act the scenes of Your play.
Even so, the narrative manner
is my misere et grandeur.

It is our use
that some of us
insist on how
it is from our point of view."


Little Prayer
Paul Goodman
Little Prayers and Finite Experiences, Harper and Row, 1972