Job Security Prayer

 
There’s no shame,
she said, in having a job
for more than 2 years.  In fact
some see it as a virtue,
a welcome sign of stability
in an increasingly unstable
world. 

But, then, what about
flexibility, freshness, change?
What about the stagnation
and the rot that sets in when
familiarity breeds apathy
and the status quo becomes . . .
status quo. 

Please god, do not lull me
to sleep against
the soft breast of security.
Please do not let me
be drawn by the allure
of comfortable monotony,
the stale, stationary
sameness that snuffs out
creativity in favor of
averting risk.

Let me, dear lord,
stick out my neck
on the chopping block
of originality, and let me
be inspired by the sound
of the executioner
sharpening his axe.