prayers

I've been writing prayers during the commune time. Writing them and then repeating them, in my head. It's unclear why I don't want to speak them aloud, but it feels better to say them in my head, and so I do. 

In the books I've been reading, I've been seeing recitations to speak during spells. These recitations always feel 1) random (because I have yet to see a spell that is the same spell from one book to the next) and 2) too long and awkward to remember. These prayers, which could just as easily be used in spells, as I believe that spells are a kind of prayer, are short and written by me and they feel more genuine. 

For Strength:

as the ants work, so do I

industrious and persistent 

unfailing

my call to you

strengthen me

an offering of bread

life for us all

my hard work

shared with you.

an offering.

In Thanks:

in thanks

to you

for this moment

and my many blessings

in thanks

I come here

in thanks.