Campfire Prayer

Dear God,

Please grant me a campfire

Under the stars

In a gap in the forest,

With the smell of wood freshly cut 

and pine knots cracking,

And shadows dancing in the dark trees

As the wind whips my flames.

Let me sit safely in the fire's glow 

As wolves ring my camp.

Grant me a fortnight in the high desert of Utah,

With no one to interrupt my thoughts.

Let no explosions render and tear at the ground beneath me.

Let no man cast his rockets upon me,

Nor any soul attempt to taketh away my life.

Allow me to be human, innocent, and alone

In a circle of light old as stone and flint.

Allow my mind to be filled with clarity

And my heart to be filled with peace.

Amen.

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