November 23, 2004
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"Thanksgiving Prayer"
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri ©(1972: 19 years old)
Thank you Lord
Though my mom is lying in the hospital right now
Though the doctors say she might not...
Though my dad is crying in his heart
every night
Though my sister thinks she's found a love
At last
And nobody knows if it'll hold on
Though my brother is reaching
That stage of life when uncertainty
Becomes the daily watchword
Though my friend might be drafted
Into a war he never asked for
Though my world seems more
at a standstill than it ever did
Before.
Thank you for the sun rising in the morning
Thank you for the faces I see on the street
Thank you for the animals
Who cannot talk but still can communicate
Thank you for my world
No matter how bad it may be
Thank you that I can still cry
"A Thanksgiving Prayer 1978"
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
© Thursday, November 23rd, 1978 12:15 p.m.
At times I feel everything is perfect
A beautiful morning makes me want to
burst into song
(like in the movies)
I get that feeling like I used to back in
college when I'd drive down the freeway
after classes thinking - this is it - the
catharsis - me and my my machine - alone - together
winding down the ribbon of asphalt -
nothing to mess up my thinking -
total control...
I can reach out and hug strangers
on the street - I feel like
SCREAMING
"I'm alive - can you feel it?"
And at times like this I miss you most.
Then
At times I feel like the world doesn't
want me around -
A friendly compliment makes me mad
I feel everybody is playing the game
of MindF**k -
I lash out at people - objects - ideas -
situations
I'd punch the mirror if it would hurt
me -
And at times like this you always
seem to be around
I'm okay
I'm not crying now (well, hardly)
It's a beautiful day
And I view a verdant field
- and you and I are in the picture
Caressing each other with our dreams
And comforting each other with
our desires.
If only
If only
If only I could open up all the time
And feel like it's all right
then I wouldn't worry too much
about your leaving
The problem is with my conception -
I warp it all the time to please
myself
There are only a few clouds
rimming the horizon
The sky is a brilliant blue
The birds singe innocently
I'll see you again
And I'll counter your smile with my own
You are a separate being
Because you're a human spirit
And I love you for that
Too.
Thank you Cathy
Thank you world.
(NOTE: Written at the end of the "Cathy Period" which produced 60
poems. This is the first time I've transcribed this particular poem
to the web. I deleted some of the more objectionable language. MFN)
"Thanksgiving Prayer 2004"
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
© 11/23/04 5:14 a.m. pst
Walls of debt, unscalable, portending certain hardship
(But 'twas my cavalier decisions at the cause)
Lack of romance and close friendships
(But I'm better off than most of humanity this holiday)
Depressions which last longer as the wrinkles increase
(But so what?, life goes on, or else it stops)
Impossible feelings when I read the newspaper
(Yet similar events have been happening all my life)
Increasing fear that somehow all is wrong
(Yet a light shines into the darkest depths of despair)
Another holiday meal spent in a restaurant alone
(Yet at least I'll have a feast, some won't)
Manmade appliances seem to fall into disarray
(Still sunrise and sunset calm us with each cycle)
Doubts and dissensions plague our daily element
(Still the the cats purr for my attention and I smile)
Sometimes Thanksgiving seems to have no definition
(Still serenity ekes a willing and graceful answer)
A hummingbird trills his small but mighty wings
Hallelujah, true, life is wrought with pain and suffering
An Angel with her throaty voice still sings
A sudden cloudburst serves a cause for buffering
These plights are nothing, in the grander scheme
And as I look Heavenward, I thank thee for everything
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