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PRAYER FOR AN ADOLESCENT, by                    
First Line: God - he is at crisis!
Last Line: The pulse of the universe is taking form.
Subject(s): Adolescence; Teen Agers


God -- he is at crisis!
I, his mother, stand back useless -- yearning --
Dark whorls of manhood roll about his feet,
He hesitates --
In the air hangs a slender word
His word -- God, let him hear it!
May he remember his childhood,
The simple things sweet and sincere:
Sunrise, summer days long and happy,
The twilight hour and its mystery;
May he remember the nights and the lightning
And the tragedy of pain.
When wild desire surges in his blood,
God, help him to know
The pulse of the universe is taking form.





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