PRAYER, by Langston Hughes

Prayer
Gather up
In the arms of your pity
The sick, the depraved,
The desperate, the tired,
All the scum
Of our weary city

Gather up
in the arms of your pity.
Gather up
In the arms of your love -
Those who expect
No love from above.



Text inside a meme containing a photo of young Langston Hughes and a book description as follows: The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes; by Langston Hughes; ed Arnold Rampersad; copyright 1994 by Estate of Langston Hughes; pub Vintage Books, a division of Random House, NY. Meme is bordered by a thicker black-line border on the outer edge and a thinner black-line border just to the inside of the thicker one.