Yet [*/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Final Measures; Prayer To Dedicate Some Other Prayers [Repost With Revision]

Lord:  to You and our Lady, Your Blessed Mother, I pray,

that the Jesus prayers I am led to say

outside of, or in addition to, those on my Rosary

shall go to the aid of deceased loved ones' souls (like Aunt Dorothy,

Uncle Leo, and Grandma Buschur; their Catholic piety

was never compromised by doubt or fear);

as well as all of my family;

and those whom I have loved, or have been like me *;

and all those who perished when Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii.

And those, living or dead, whose intricate natures cause them to be reviled

by those whom prejudice and hatred have beguiled.

This is my prayer, offered in fervent sincerity,

as my own time---whatever night or day---

of departure draws the more near.


Starward

Author's Notes/Comments: 

* In achronological order:  David C., Stephen F., Aspen, Tommy W., and the Poets, Constantine Cavafy, Yuk Wu-dang and Alan Seeger; and, with great reluctance, Mark C., whom I met during my freshman year at college (who was not like me).  I will add others whom I have loved, or who have been like me.

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