An Ordinary Prayer

Nothing out of the ordinary happened today
A morning started late, with too much rush and too little coffee
The yawns of Monday morning careening around the room

Nothing out of the ordinary happened today
A lunch break too short, with too much food and too little gossip
The counting of the hours until the day's end

Nothing out of the ordinary happened today
An afternoon seemingly endless, needing to triplicate myself
The leaving of work with inadequacies and questions still firmly in place

Nothing out of the ordinary happened today
A peaceful evening, with too much tv and too little wine
The prayers of the day slowly forming

Nothing out of the ordinary happened today
no grand signs or visions
no epiphanies or catalysts
no loves found or lost

Nothing out of the ordinary happened today
nothing except your unmerited Favor
nothing except your eternal Pardon
nothing except your omnipotent Provision

Nothing out of the ordinary happened today
nothing except for late gratitude
for another ordinary day
full of extraordinary Mercy