Ssixty years against a wall

Ssixty years against a wall
P K Routray

Daily to a church
an old man goes without fail
he prays for an hour
a day through out a week
nonstop for a month
over last sixty years
on enquiry this was
known from this ardent
old devotee.
Fantastic a feat!
Marvelous news
for public to muse.
What do you pray for?"
“I pray for arms and
ammunitions to vanish”
“I pray for
poverty and starvation to perish.”
“I pray for racial discrimination to go”
"I pray for peace between
the Christians, Jews and the Muslims."
"I pray for all the wars
and all the hatred to stop."
"I pray for all our children
to grow up safely as responsible
adults and to love their fellow man."
"I pray that politicians tell us the truth
and put the interests of the people ahead of their own interests."
I pray for people to
stop destroying
the ecology and the environment”
"How do you feel after
doing this for sixty years?"

"Like I am talking to a wall." wasthe prompt reply.