Accept this
That there may or may not be
A beneficent power
Who keeps the cosmos in order
That He may have hands
To embrace the flight of birds
That She could have all-seeing eyes
That It might be 
A serene and dispassionate 
Consciousness
Or even the frightened lightning
Racing across a human cortex
Accept this
That no matter what your belief
The statue
The mountain 
The deep nothingness
Prayer changes things
As long as you know 
Exactly what you want
Accept this
That you will never know
Exactly what you want
That even a billion
Interactive receptors
Are not enough to comprehend 
All of experience
And you would be far wiser
To pray for peace
And trust
And freedom of breath
Accept this
That if you do so
Something
In some place 
Unimaginable
Will whisper
“I love you”
Accept this