Title

Three Prayers

Authors

Melissa Broder

Files

Description

Pennsylvania Prayer

Bless me I was once myself and couldn't read

a thermostat. My mother's breasts were long

inside her bathrobe. Sometimes we were Polish.

I believe god knows these things about me

so I needn’t say them with heart. I'm afraid

to say anything with heart.

Publication Date

2010

Keywords

prayer narrative

Disciplines

Creative Writing | Religion

Comments

"Three Prayers" was originally published at On Earth As It Is.

Image by Matthew Simmons.

Recommended Citation

Broder, Melissa, "Three Prayers" (2010). On Earth As It Is. 25.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/onearth/25