Spiritual Sunday: After Midnight

Jamal (Beauty), 14 Sharaf (Honor), 164 B.E. - Sunday, January 13, 2008 about 3:23 PM PST

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for January 13, 2008 - After midnight.

After midnight
and my midnight prayers are said;
I lay in bed listening
to the noise of the city's night.

After midnight
I hear the neighbor's dog bark,
the police copter overhead,
the squeak of brakes,
an ambulance
and sometime even gunshots.

After midnight
I feel no fear
for I have intoned the verse God
and feel the protection of the Divine.

After midnight
the hours before the dawn
the verses of faith
echo through my mind,
reverberate across the landscape
of my dreams.

After midnight
I review the days actions and decisions,
I consider where improvement is necessary
to that I can make today better then yesterday
and tomorrow better than today.

After midnight
tranquility and peace
is in the verses revealed by God.

NOTE: This is how I feel when I say and read my prayers at midnight. Even in Las Vegas, with all the noises and danger, there seems to be something spiritual about the midnight hour, when a person is alone with the sacred scriptures and a prayer book. This is just a personal feeling, but lately it seems to pertain to the events in my life.