Tony, Tony, turn around, something’s lost and must be found. –Traditional Catholic Prayer  

I won’t ask you to “turn around,”
even if sometime today
I lose something which must be found—
a tautology?  It’s your day to relax,
take some time off from our relentless
petitions, searches for car keys, cell phones,
wallets, pets.  If I lose
anything today I’ll let go of needing
to find my ambitions, my weight-loss program,
my deadlines, my childhood.
Fiery preacher that you were,
you’d probably tell me to let go of even more—
curious, no one recalls your pleas for penance.
But here in the depths of the library today
I’m surrounded by your legacy,
said to be promised by the Poverello himself,
to lead all those enshrined here, scholars
who’ve probed great mysteries in study.
The caveat: not to lose
the spirit of prayer
and devotion.  
Will you help me find that, Tony—
tomorrow?