The Prayer Mat

A symbol

Of the mobility 

Of Faith

"All the world is

A place of prostration"

All spaces 

A place of 

Meditation

This simple piece

Of rectangular 

Cloth makes 

The world 

A home and a 

Remembrance

That night 

She had forgotten

In her haste 

To not lose

Time, Or receding 

Daylight 

This valuable 

Piece of cloth

And as her 

Head touched the

Wooden parquet floor

And the sun slowly subsided,

She hoped the Faith

In her heart 

Would spread

Like a carpet of 

Protection and comfort

This act, so reassuring,

Heartwarming,

Paradoxically,

Uplifting.