Peticiones – a poem by Carolyn Chilton Casas

Peticiones

I know asking for a life without worry   		
is not a reasonable request, 
and the sun cannot shine down 
on me brightly every day.
And still, I long for a reprieve
from the crazy world’s cares.
Give me a pelican’s confident plunge, 
the sandpipers’ humorous offering, 
ospreys floating humbly 
on waves of wind.
Give me the glistening ocean foam 
and sandy bottoms 
where I can touch down unharmed.
Give me a warm autumn breeze
lofting scents of summer and salt, 
fresh air that fills my wishful lungs.
Give me light and all-encompassing love. 
More light and love. 
I know, I always ask for so much.

Carolyn Chilton Casas is a practicing Reiki master and teacher who often explores ways of healing in the articles she writes for energy and wellness magazines in several countries. Her poetry has been published in numerous journals and anthologies including The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal and Thin Spaces & Sacred Spaces. She lives on the central coast of California where she enjoys nature, hiking, and beach volleyball. More of Carolyn’s work can be found on Facebook or Instagram and in her newest collection of poetry Under the Same Sky.